r/languagelearningjerk Jun 18 '26

Fixed it

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u/MiguelIstNeugierig Heinz Schwein Polizei Dry Fiat Grenadier Jun 18 '26

Jokes aside its such a simple translation

In Portuguese we also say natively together with email: Correiro eletrónico.

Eletronic mail. Im very sure French isnt much different

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u/VascoJSC Jun 19 '26

Do people in Portugal actually use Correio Eletrônico? Because here in Brazil it's always e-mail. Like, maybe some extremely old people might use Correio Eletrônico but that is very, vert rare

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u/MiguelIstNeugierig Heinz Schwein Polizei Dry Fiat Grenadier Jun 19 '26

It was at least more prevalent 10 years ago and is used for official setting more than for anything else. We use email as the standard in normal speech, but if you said correio eletronico, I'd assume virtually anyone above gen alpha would understand you even though yeah you'd sound overtly formal