Your phone and your computer
In Spain a mobile phone is el móvil and a computer is el ordenador. The landline el teléfono you already know.
| My mobile phone is new. | Mi móvil es nuevo. |
| I work with the computer. | Trabajo con el ordenador. |
Internet, the web and email
Internet is used without an article: en internet, tengo internet. A website is la web, and an email is un correo electrónico — el correo alone is the post.
| I look for the information on the internet. | Busco la información en internet. |
| The museum's website is new. | La web del museo es nueva. |
| I receive a lot of emails. | Recibo muchos correos electrónicos. |
The symbol @ has its own name, la arroba:
| The email address has an at sign. | El correo electrónico tiene una arroba. |
Numbers and zero
El número is any number — of a house, of a phone. The digit 0 is cero, and it takes -s in the plural: tres ceros.
| What is your mobile number? | ¿Cuál es tu número de móvil? |
| The number begins with zero. | El número empieza con cero. |
| Spanish | |
|---|---|
| mobile phone | el móvil |
| computer | el ordenador |
| website | la web |
| el correo electrónico | |
| @ | la arroba |
| postcard | la postal |
Closing a message, holding the line
Spaniards end a friendly email or postcard with un beso (literally a kiss; love). On the phone, un momento asks someone to wait.
| Love, Ana. | Un beso, Ana. |
| Just a moment, I can't find the number. | Un momento, no encuentro el número. |
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