mail

noun meyl Rare

Origin: English loanword widely adopted into Italian digital vocabulary.

Usage Note

Mail is the most common colloquial term for an email message in Italian, used alongside email and the more formal posta elettronica. It is feminine (la mail, le mail — invariable plural) despite the masculine article sometimes heard. Sending an email is mandare una mail. The native Italian phrase posta elettronica is preferred in formal or legal contexts.

Examples

"Ti mando una mail con tutti i dettagli."

Natural Translation

I'll send you an email with all the details.

Literal Translation

To-you I-send an email with all the details.

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