carta

letter

noun KAHR-tah Less Common

Origin: From Latin charta (sheet of papyrus, document), from Greek khartēs.

Also means

menu (in a restaurant)

Usage Note

Carta means a written letter (more formal or personal than correo or mensaje) and is also the word for a restaurant menu in Spain and much of Latin America (alongside menú, which in Spain usually refers to a set-price meal). Echar una carta al correo means 'to post a letter'.

Examples

"¿Nos trae la carta, por favor?"

Natural Translation

Could you bring us the menu, please?

Literal Translation

You-bring to-us the menu, please?

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