📧 Emails - Correos electrónicos
Beginner Spanish · Email communication
Writing Emails in Spanish
Email Spanish becomes practical when you can understand the main parts of a message, attach or forward a file, explain why you are writing, and open and close a professional email politely.
Your next small win: identify common email terms, talk about attachments, write a simple formal opening and purpose, and finish with an appropriate closing.
Start with the parts of an email
Core Email Vocabulary
These words help you identify the main parts of an email message.
Message
Inbox
Attachment
Subject
Recipient
Name four email terms
Say “email, inbox, attachment, and subject” in Spanish.
Correo electrónico, bandeja de entrada, archivo adjunto y asunto.
Work with messages and files
Common Email Actions
A small group of verbs covers most everyday email actions.
To send
To receive
To reply
To forward
To attach
I am attaching the requested document.
Can you forward the message to me?
Thank you for your email.
Thank you for your quick reply.
Useful distinction: responder means to reply, while reenviar means to forward an existing message to someone else.
Handle an attachment
Say that you are attaching the requested document, then ask someone to forward the message to you.
Adjunto el documento solicitado.
¿Puede reenviarme el mensaje?
Build a simple professional message
Opening, Purpose, and Closing
A basic formal email can be built from three pieces: a greeting, a sentence explaining why you are writing, and a polite closing.
Dear Mr. García:
Dear Mrs. López:
I am writing to request more information.
I am writing to confirm our meeting.
Kind regards,
Sincerely,
Agreement: use Estimado when addressing a man and Estimada when addressing a woman.
A short formal email
Dear Mrs. López:
I am writing to request more information.
Thank you for your attention.
Kind regards,
Build a formal email
Address Mr. García, say that you are writing to confirm the meeting, and finish with a polite closing.
Estimado señor García:
Le escribo para confirmar nuestra reunión.
Saludos cordiales,
Check that the message arrived
Attachments and Follow-Up Questions
These questions help you confirm that an email or attachment arrived and clarify where something should be sent.
Did you receive my email?
Did you receive the attachment?
What email address should I send it to?
I am writing to confirm our meeting on Thursday.
Formality: ¿Recibió...? and ¿Puede...? use formal usted forms. These are useful in professional communication.
Sending a document
Can you send me the document by email?
Of course. I'll send it now.
Thank you. Can you include the attachment?
Confirm an email
Ask whether the person received your email and the attachment.
¿Recibió mi correo electrónico?
¿Recibió el archivo adjunto?
Your turn · 8 quick questions
Practice: Email in Spanish
Choose the answer that best fits each situation. Focus on email vocabulary, attachments, forwarding, formal greetings, purpose statements, and closings.
Practice complete
You can handle basic professional email communication in Spanish.
A few email phrases to revisit
One last step: write a short email without choices.
Write a formal greeting, explain that you are writing to request information, mention an attached document, and finish with a professional closing.
Estimada señora López:
Le escribo para solicitar más información.
Adjunto el documento solicitado.
Saludos cordiales,
Which word means “attachment”?
- archivo adjunto
- bandeja de entrada
- asunto
- destinatario
Archivo adjunto means “attachment.”
archivo adjunto = attachment
Which word means the subject line of an email?
- asunto
- mensaje
- firma
- respuesta
Asunto means “subject” in an email.
asunto = subject
You are attaching the requested document. What do you write?
- Adjunto el documento solicitado.
- Reenvío el mensaje solicitado.
- Recibo el documento solicitado.
- Respondo al asunto solicitado.
Adjunto el documento solicitado means that you are attaching the requested document.
Adjunto el documento solicitado.
You want someone to forward a message to you. What do you ask?
- ¿Puede reenviarme el mensaje?
- ¿Puede responderme el mensaje?
- ¿Puede adjuntarme el asunto?
- ¿Puede recibirme el correo?
Reenviar means “to forward.”
¿Puede reenviarme el mensaje?
You are formally addressing Mr. García. Which greeting fits?
- Estimado señor García:
- Estimada señora García:
- Saludos cordiales, señor García:
- Atentamente, señor García:
Estimado is the masculine form used here with señor García.
Estimado señor García:
You are writing to request more information. Which sentence fits?
- Le escribo para solicitar más información.
- Le escribo para reenviar más información.
- Le escribo para adjuntar la bandeja de entrada.
- Le escribo para borrar el asunto.
Le escribo para + infinitive is a useful formal pattern for explaining why you are writing.
Le escribo para solicitar más información.
You want to know whether the attachment arrived. What do you ask?
- ¿Recibió el archivo adjunto?
- ¿Reenvió el archivo adjunto?
- ¿Respondió el archivo adjunto?
- ¿Escribió el archivo adjunto?
¿Recibió el archivo adjunto? asks whether the attachment was received.
¿Recibió el archivo adjunto?
Which phrase is a professional email closing?
- Saludos cordiales,
- Estimado señor García:
- Le escribo para confirmar.
- Adjunto el documento.
Saludos cordiales is a polite professional closing.
Saludos cordiales,