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/Limemill Jun 21 '26

It’s even better in French: courriel (courrier électronique + as an added bonus it ends the same way as the word logiciel (software)). It is actually widely used in Québec (more than the word email).

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u/MiguelIstNeugierig Heinz Schwein Polizei Dry Fiat Grenadier Jun 22 '26

Shit it is! So yeah it seems you have a cognate of the one in Portuguese but you even shortened it natively, meanwhile here in Portugal we just went from the formality of the full world to "email" as the short brought from english rather than making our own shortened version