To email /tʊ ˈiː.meɪl/ significa enviar o mandar un correo electrónico. También puede traducirse como escribirle a alguien por correo electrónico, según el contexto.
Por ejemplo:
- “I will email you tomorrow” significa:
“Te enviaré un correo mañana” o “Te escribiré por correo mañana”. - “She emailed me the document” significa:
“Ella me envió el documento por correo electrónico”. - “I emailed him about the meeting” significa:
“Le escribí por correo acerca de la reunión”.
Con una persona como objeto, decimos email someone: "Email me" (Escríbeme por correo) o "I emailed her" (Le envié un correo). Normalmente no decimos "email to me".
También podemos decir email someone something: "Email me the address" (Envíame la dirección por correo), o email something to someone: "Email the address to me" (Envíame la dirección por correo). Con el sustantivo email, sí usamos to: "Send an email to me" (Envíame un correo).
Email también es un sustantivo: "I received your email" significa "Recibí tu correo". En inglés estadounidense, email se refiere al correo electrónico, mientras que mail normalmente se refiere al correo postal.
La pronunciación de email es /ˈiː.meɪl/. La forma de tercera persona emails se pronuncia /ˈiː.meɪlz/, con sonido final /z/. El pasado y participio emailed se pronuncia /ˈiː.meɪld/, con sonido final /d/. El gerundio emailing se pronuncia /ˈiː.meɪ.lɪŋ/.
Simple Tense
Simple Present Tense
| Pers. | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| 1ª | I email | We email |
| 2ª | You email | You email |
| 3ª | He/She/It emails | They email |
Email: /ˈiː.meɪl/, emails: /ˈiː.meɪlz/
Simple Past Tense
| Pers. | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| 1ª | I emailed | We emailed |
| 2ª | You emailed | You emailed |
| 3ª | He/She/It emailed | They emailed |
Emailed: /ˈiː.meɪld/
Simple Future Tense
| Pers. | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| 1ª | I will email | We will email |
| 2ª | You will email | You will email |
| 3ª | He/She/It will email | They will email |
Will email: /wɪl ˈiː.meɪl/
Continuous Tense
Present Continuous Tense
| Pers. | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| 1ª | I am emailing | We are emailing |
| 2ª | You are emailing | You are emailing |
| 3ª | He/She/It is emailing | They are emailing |
Emailing: /ˈiː.meɪ.lɪŋ/
Past Continuous Tense
| Pers. | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| 1ª | I was emailing | We were emailing |
| 2ª | You were emailing | You were emailing |
| 3ª | He/She/It was emailing | They were emailing |
Was emailing: /wəz ˈiː.meɪ.lɪŋ/, Were emailing: /wɜr ˈiː.meɪ.lɪŋ/
Future Continuous Tense
| Pers. | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| 1ª | I will be emailing | We will be emailing |
| 2ª | You will be emailing | You will be emailing |
| 3ª | He/She/It will be emailing | They will be emailing |
Will be emailing: /wɪl bi ˈiː.meɪ.lɪŋ/
Perfect Tense
Present Perfect Tense
| Pers. | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| 1ª | I have emailed | We have emailed |
| 2ª | You have emailed | You have emailed |
| 3ª | He/She/It has emailed | They have emailed |
Have emailed: /hæv ˈiː.meɪld/, Has emailed: /hæz ˈiː.meɪld/
Past Perfect Tense
| Pers. | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| 1ª | I had emailed | We had emailed |
| 2ª | You had emailed | You had emailed |
| 3ª | He/She/It had emailed | They had emailed |
Had emailed: /hæd ˈiː.meɪld/
Future Perfect Tense
| Pers. | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| 1ª | I will have emailed | We will have emailed |
| 2ª | You will have emailed | You will have emailed |
| 3ª | He/She/It will have emailed | They will have emailed |
Will have emailed: /wɪl hæv ˈiː.meɪld/
