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letter meaning in Spanish

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letter [letters] (a symbol in an alphabet)
noun
[UK: ˈle.tə(r)]
[US: ˈle.tər]

carácternoun
{m}

letranoun
{f}
He wrote one letter. = Él escribió una letra.

letter [letters] (written message)
noun
[UK: ˈle.tə(r)]
[US: ˈle.tər]

cartanoun
{f}
I read a letter. = Leo una carta.

letter bomb (explosive device)
noun
[UK: ˈle.tə(r) bɒm]
[US: ˈle.tər ˈbɑːm]

carta bombanoun
{f}

letter of credence noun
[UK: ˈle.tə(r) əv ˈkriːdns]
[US: ˈle.tər əv ˈkriː.dəns]

carta credencialnoun
{f}

letter of marque (official commission)
noun

patente de corsonoun
{f}

letter opener (knifelike device)
noun

abrecartasnoun
{m}

letter to the editor (letter to a periodical)
noun

carta al directornoun
{f}

letterbox (collection point for mail)
noun
[UK: ˈle.tə.bɒks]
[US: ˈle.tə.bɑːks]

buzónnoun
{m}
That was in our letterbox. = Eso estaba en nuestro buzón.

letterhead noun
[UK: ˈle.tə.hed]
[US: ˈle.tər.ˌhed]

membretenoun
{m}

letters patent (type of legal document granting a monopoly, right, status, or title to a person or organization)
noun
[UK: ˈle.təz ˈpeɪtnt]
[US: ˈle.tərz ˈpæ.tənt]

cédula de privilegionoun
{f}

patente de privilegionoun
{m}

capital letter noun
[UK: ˈkæ.pɪ.təl ˈle.tə(r)]
[US: ˈkæ.pə.təl ˈle.tər]

letra mayúsculanoun
{f}

mayúsculanoun
{f}

circular letter (freely distributed letter or pamphlet on routine matters)
noun
[UK: ˈsɜː.kjʊ.lə(r) ˈle.tə(r)]
[US: ˈsɝː.kjə.lər ˈle.tər]

circularnoun

cover letter (letter to introduce a document)
noun
[UK: ˈkʌ.və(r) ˈle.tə(r)]
[US: ˈkʌ.vər ˈle.tər]

carta de presentaciónnoun
{f}

dead letter (law or other measure that is no longer enforced)
noun
[UK: ˈded.ˈle.tə]
[US: ˈded.ˈle.tə]

letra muertanoun
{f}

papel mojadonoun
{f}

love letter (letter about the author's love)
noun
[UK: ˈlʌv ˈle.tə(r)]
[US: ˈlʌv ˈle.tər]

carta amorosanoun
{f}

carta de amornoun
{f}

man of letters (a literary man)
noun

hombre de letrasnoun

literatonoun

moon letter noun

letra lunarnoun
{f}

newsletter [newsletters] (publication)
noun
[UK: ˈnjuːz.le.tə(r)]
[US: ˈnuːz.ˌle.tər]

boletín de noticiasnoun
{m}

boletín informativonoun
{m}

Republic of Letters (the intellectual community in the late 17th and 18th centuries in Europe and the Americas)
proper noun
[UK: rɪ.ˈpʌ.blɪk əv ˈle.təz]
[US: ri.ˈpʌ.blək əv ˈle.tərz]

República de las Letrasproper noun
{f}

sun letter noun

letra solarnoun
{f}

to the letter (idiomatic for "literally", following the rules as they're written)
adverb
[UK: tuː ðə ˈle.tə(r)]
[US: ˈtuː ðə ˈle.tər]

a la letraadverb

a la leyadverb

a pies juntillasadverb

a rajatablaadverb

al dedilloadverb

al pie de la letraadverb