Is any article used with the word "correos" (post office)?

Question

I am doing some Spanish vocabulary exercises. The task is to make sentences like "El bar está al lado del supermercado " etc.

I used "el bar" and "el supermercado" in my sentence, and checked the key. It is correct.

However, the sentences about the post office look different: "El buzón está delante de correos" and "La farmacia está a la derecha de correos" - no article there. Is there a rule about correos?

Answer 1

No hay! "Correos" es un nombre genérico por el que se conoce a la "Sociedad Estatal de Correos y Telégrafos" la empresa estatal.

Si hay articulo si te refieres al correo: voy a coger el correo del buzón.

There is not.

"Correos" is a generic name, which is use if you want to refer to the public company Sociedad Estatal de Correos y Telégrafos or their offices and places.

however, if you just want to use the simple noun correo, this one, needs the article.

¡Muchas gracias! Now I understand. It is "el correo" for "the letter" and "correos" for "the post office". - manzanilla, Apr 16, 2011

Perfect! thanks to you! - alkaiz, Apr 16, 2011

Answer 2

Hi and welcome to the forum!

I've heard it both ways "el correos" and simply "correos."

Answer 3

¡Gracias! Hm, my first idea was to write "los correos" because it is plural.