sello postal

Spanish

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ˌseʝo posˈtal/ [ˌse.ʝo posˈt̪al]

• IPA^(key): /ˌseʝo posˈtal/ [ˌse.ʝo posˈt̪al] (Spain, most of Latin America, Equatorial Guinea)
• IPA^(key): /ˌseʎo posˈtal/ [ˌse.ʎo posˈt̪al] (rustic northern Spain, northern and central Andes Mountains (except central Ecuador), Bolivia, Paraguay, northeastern Argentina, Philippines)
• IPA^(key): /ˌseʃo posˈtal/ [ˌse.ʃo posˈt̪al] (Buenos Aires and environs)
• IPA^(key): /ˌseʒo posˈtal/ [ˌse.ʒo posˈt̪al] (central Ecuador, Santiago del Estero and environs, elsewhere in Pampas and southern Argentina, Uruguay)
• IPA^(key): /ˌseo posˈtal/ [ˌse.o posˈt̪al] (northern Mexico, Yucatán, Central America (except Panama))

• Syllabification: se‧llo pos‧tal

Noun

sello postal m (plural sellos postales)

1. postage, postage stamp

   Synonym: estampilla

Further reading

• “sello postal”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025