carpeta de correo no deseado
/kaɾpeta de koreo no deseado/from spelling rules
The English phrase "junk folder" is translated into Spanish as carpeta de correo no deseado.
This phrase refers to a folder in an email account where unwanted or unsolicited messages are automatically stored.
What does it mean word for word?
The phrase is composed of carpeta (folder), de (of), correo (mail) and no deseado (unwanted).
Which one should you use?
Carpeta de correo no deseado and Carpeta de mensajes no deseados are both formal ways to refer to a junk folder. Carpeta de spam is an informal way to say spam folder.
How does it change in a sentence?
To make the phrase plural, you pluralize the noun carpeta to carpetas while the rest of the phrase remains singular, resulting in carpetas de correo no deseado.
Did you know?
- While it now means 'folder', the word carpeta may have originated as a diminutive of carpa, which means 'tent' or 'canopy'.
- Spanish speakers have adapted the English word 'spam' into a functional verb, spamear, to describe the act of sending unsolicited messages.
- In Spanish, the word correo serves a triple purpose, referring to the 'mail' itself, the 'post office' building and the 'courier' who delivers the messages.
Examples in context
- Por favor, revise su carpeta de correo no deseado antes de eliminar cualquier mensaje.Please check your junk folder before deleting any message.
- Le envié los documentos importantes, pero podrían estar en su carpeta de mensajes no deseados.I sent you the important documents, but they might be in your junk folder.
- Revisa tu carpeta de basura antes de eliminar cualquier mensaje importante.Check your trash folder before deleting any important message.
- Echa un vistazo a tu carpeta de correo basura. El email podría haber llegado allí por error.Take a look at your junk mail folder. The email might have arrived there by mistake.
- No olvides revisar la carpeta de spam por si acaso mi correo ha sido marcado erróneamente como spam.Don't forget to check the spam folder in case my email has been wrongly marked as spam.
- Revisa la carpeta de correo no deseado por si acaso.Check the junk folder just in case.
- Revisa la carpeta de correo no deseado.Check the junk folder.
- El mensaje está en la carpeta de correo no deseado.The message is in the junk folder.
- No borres la carpeta de correo no deseado todavía.Don't delete the junk folder yet.
Example conversation
Sofía and Javier are looking for a lost email at work.
- Sofía¿Viste el correo de la clienta, Javier?Did you see the client's email, Javier?
- JavierNo, no lo encuentro en mi bandeja de entrada.No, I can't find it in my inbox.
- SofíaBusca en la carpeta de correo no deseado.Look in the junk folder.
- JavierAh, es verdad, aquí está.Ah, that's right, here it is.
Sources
- IPA marked “from spelling rules” is derived from standard Spanish spelling, where Wiktionary gives none.
- Word origins: Wiktionary entries carpeta, correo, de, no, CC BY-SA 4.0.
