Translation
post office; postal service
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Word origin
From correio ('mail, courier'), from correr ('to run'), recalling the messengers who once ran to deliver word.
- Origin
- Latin
- Root
- currere
- English cognates
- courier, current
Grammar
Examples
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I'm going to the post office to collect a parcel.
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The post office delivers the letters early in the morning.
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She has worked at the post office since last year.
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correios: worksheet, infographic and listicle
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