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You send a registered letter: what to say in Spanish

You send a registered letter.

Correos6 linesLevel A2For life in Spain The rest of the dialogue is in the app
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How it's done. A carta certificada is a registered letter: it is logged and a receipt with a number is issued; with an acuse de recibo the addressee signs.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
Quiero enviar una carta certificada.
KYEH-roh ayn-BYAHR OO-nuh KAHR-tuh sehr-tee-fee-KAH-duh.
I want to send a registered letter.
THEY SAY
¿Con acuse de recibo?
Kohn uh-KOO-seh deh reh-SEE-boh?
With acknowledgement of receipt?
They might also say:
¿Quiere acuse de recibo?
KYEH-reh uh-KOO-seh deh reh-SEE-boh?
Do you want an acknowledgement of receipt?
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YOU REPLY
Sí, con acuse de recibo.
See, kohn uh-KOO-seh deh reh-SEE-boh.
Yes, with acknowledgement of receipt.
THEY SAY
Son cuatro euros con cincuenta. Aquí tiene su resguardo.
Sohn koo-AH-troh EH-oo-ros kohn seen-koo-AYN-tuh. Uh-KEE TYEH-neh soo rez-goo-AHR-doh.
Four euros fifty. Here is your receipt.
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YOU FINISH
Gracias. Hasta luego.
GRAH-syuhs. AHS-tuh loo-EH-goh.
Thanks. See you later.
THEY SAY
Hasta luego.
AHS-tuh loo-EH-goh.
See you later.
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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

Quiero
KYEH-roh
verb
I want
enviar
ayn-BYAHR
verb
to send
carta
KAHR-tuh
noun
letter
certificada
sehr-tee-fee-KAH-duh
adjective
registered (feminine)
acuse
uh-KOO-seh
noun
acknowledgement (acuse de recibo - return receipt)
recibo
reh-SEE-boh
noun
receipt, bill

15 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?
¿Qué significa esto?
Keh seeg-nee-FEE-kuh ES-toh?
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