correio

Meaning

mail (regular delivery of letters and small parcels)

Concepts

mail

post

post office

🏣

postman

courier

piece of mail

mailman

postal service

Postal Services

post mail

carrier

post office

🏣

mail carrier

mailing

post-office

text message

letter carrier

mail service

local post office

Synonyms

correspondência

posta

carteiro

estação de correios

🏣

estação de correios

🏣

malha

postagem

Translations

correo

correu

Post

courrier

poste

🏣

posta

ταχυδρομείο

post

bureau de poste

🏣

بَرِيد

posterijen

postkantoor

🏣

correos

🏣

αλληλογραφία

Pronounced as (IPA)

/koˈʁej.u/

Etymology

Cognate with Catalan: correu

Borrowed from Spanish: correo

In summary

From Old Occitan corrieu (“messenger”) (Catalan correu), from Old French corlieu, or from Spanish correo.