Spanish · Correos

You buy stamps: what to say in Spanish

You buy stamps.

Correos6 linesLevel A1For life in Spain The rest of the dialogue is in the app

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How it's done. A sello is a stamp; carta letter; postal postcard; nacional is domestic, internacional abroad; say dos sellos para Ucrania.Prepared by the Movko team, November 2026. This is language help, not legal or medical advice: check the rules with the office itself.

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YOU START

Buenos días, quisiera dos sellos para Ucrania.

Boo-EH-nos DEE-uhs, kee-SYEH-ruh dos SAY-os PAH-ruh Oo-KRAH-nyuh.

Good morning, I'd like two stamps for Ukraine.

THEY SAY

¿Para carta o para postal?

PAH-ruh KAHR-tuh oh PAH-ruh pos-TAHL?

For a letter or a postcard?

They might also say:

¿Carta o postal?

KAHR-tuh oh pos-TAHL?

Letter or postcard?

in the app

YOU REPLY

Para carta.

PAH-ruh KAHR-tuh.

For a letter.

THEY SAY

Aquí tiene. Son tres euros con veinte.

Uh-KEE TYEH-neh. Sohn tres EH-oo-ros kohn BAYN-teh.

Here you are. That's three euros twenty.

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YOU FINISH

Aquí tiene. Gracias.

Uh-KEE TYEH-neh. GRAH-syuhs.

Here you are. Thanks.

THEY SAY

Gracias a usted. Hasta luego.

GRAH-syuhs uh oos-TED. AHS-tuh loo-EH-goh.

Thank you. See you later.

in the app

The course is in the app

This dialogue is part of the course “Spanish for life in Spain”: 416 situations with audio, a pronunciation guide and spaced review.

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Words worth knowing

Buenos

Boo-EH-nos

adjective

good (masc. plural)

días

DEE-uhs

noun

days

quisiera

kee-SYEH-ruh

verb

I would like

sellos

SAY-os

noun

stamps

carta

KAHR-tuh

noun

letter

postal

pos-TAHL

noun

postcard

16 more words, with explanations, base forms and tap-a-word help, are in the app.

If you did not understand

¿Puede repetirlo, por favor?

Poo-EH-deh reh-peh-TEER-loh, por fuh-BOR?

Can you repeat that, please?

¿Puede hablar más despacio, por favor?

Poo-EH-deh uh-BLAHR mahs des-PAH-syoh, por fuh-BOR?

Can you speak more slowly, please?

¡Gracias!

GRAH-syuhs!

Thank you!

All 21 rescue phrases in Spanish →

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