Recibo un correo electrónico con el horario de la reunión.

I receive an email with the meeting schedule.

Breakdown of Recibo un correo electrónico con el horario de la reunión.

• yo: I
• con: with
• de: of
• recibir: to receive

Questions & Answers about Recibo un correo electrónico con el horario de la reunión.

Why is recibo in the present tense rather than a past tense?

In Spanish, the presente de indicativo often covers both “I receive” and “I’m receiving” — it can describe a current, just-happening event or a habitual action. So recibo un correo electrónico… can mean “I receive/get an email (right now).” If you want to stress that the action is completed in the past, you’d use the preterite: recibí un correo electrónico… (“I received an email…”).

Could I use recibí instead of recibo here?

Yes. If you’re reporting after the fact (“I already got it”), use recibí. But if you want to narrate as it happens, talk about habitual receipt, or even “headline style” (“I get an email…”), you keep recibo in the present.

Why do we say correo electrónico instead of just email?

Correo electrónico is the standard Spanish term for “email.” While many speakers understand and even use English email, formal or neutral Spanish generally prefers the native term. In Latin America you’ll hear both, but correo electrónico is universally accepted.

What is the role of con in con el horario de la reunión?

Here con means “with” or “containing.” You’re saying that the email comes with (i.e. includes) the schedule for the meeting. It’s a concise way to link the container (the email) and its content (the schedule).