postbox
vs
mailbox

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"Postbox" is a noun which is often translated as "el buzón", and "mailbox" is a noun which is also often translated as "el buzón". Learn more about the difference between "postbox" and "mailbox" below.

postbox(

post

baks

)

A noun is a word referring to a person, animal, place, thing, feeling, or idea (e.g., man, dog, house).

noun

1. (general)

Regionalism used in the United Kingdom

(United Kingdom)

a. el buzón

(m) means that a noun is masculine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).

(M)

There was a letter in the postbox for you.Había una carta para ti en el buzón.

mailbox(

meyl

baks

)

A noun is a word referring to a person, animal, place, thing, feeling, or idea (e.g., man, dog, house).

noun

1. (container for receiving mail)

Regionalism used in the United States

(United States)

a. el buzón

(m) means that a noun is masculine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).

(M)

There's a letter in the mailbox.Hay una carta en el buzón.

2. (computing)

a. el buzón

(m) means that a noun is masculine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).

(M)

I have 120 unread emails in my mailbox.Tengo 120 correos electrónicos sin leer en mi buzón.

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