correo de contacto
/koreo de kontaɡto/from spelling rules
The Spanish phrase for "contact email" is correo de contacto.
The phrase correo de contacto is used to denote an email address provided for people to reach out to someone. In digital contexts, such as on websites, it is a standard way to label a contact email address.
What does it mean word for word?
The phrase is composed of correo (mail/email) and de contacto (of contact).
Which one should you use?
While correo de contacto is common, you can use correo electrónico de contacto to be more precise, as adding electrónico specifies that you mean "electronic mail" rather than just "mail".
Did you know?
- The word correo originally referred to the person who ran or traveled quickly to deliver messages.
- The word correo is a linguistic traveler that was borrowed into Spanish from Catalan rather than coming directly from Latin.
- The word contacto shares a root with the English word 'tangible' through the Latin tangō, meaning 'to touch'.
Examples in context
- Por favor, envíe su dirección de correo electrónico para que podamos establecer contacto.Please send your email address so that we can establish contact.
- Me gustaría recibir más información. ¿Podría proporcionarme su email de contacto?I would like to receive more information. Could you provide me with your contact email?
- Tienes mi email por si necesitas contactarme en cualquier momento.You have my email in case you need to contact me at any time.
- Déjame tu correo electrónico de contacto para que te pueda enviar el documento.Leave me your contact email so that I can send you the document.
- Dime el correo de contacto, por favor.Tell me the contact email, please.
- El correo de contacto está en la web.The contact email is on the website.
- Necesito un correo de contacto para la empresa.I need a contact email for the company.
Example conversation
Alejandro is asking Elena for information regarding a business inquiry.
- Alejandro¿Tienes el correo de contacto de la oficina?Do you have the office contact email?
- ElenaSí, lo tengo aquí conmigo.Yes, I have it here with me.
- AlejandroPerfecto, envíamelo por un mensaje.Perfect, send it to me in a message.
- ElenaClaro, te lo mando ahora mismo.Sure, I'll send it to you right now.
Sources
- IPA marked “from spelling rules” is derived from standard Spanish spelling, where Wiktionary gives none.
- Word origins: Wiktionary entries contacto, correo, de, CC BY-SA 4.0.
