Abreviações utilizadas em texto de email


  • CC – carbon copy (when you send a copy of a letter to more than one person, you use this abbreviation to let them know)
  • ASAP – as soon as possible
  • ENC  – enclosure (when you include other papers with your letter)
  • PP - per procurationem (a Latin phrase meaning that you are signing the letter on somebody else’s behalf; if they are not there to sign it themselves, etc.)
  • PS - postscript (when you want to add something after you’ve finished and signed it)
  • PTO -  (informal) - please turn over (to make sure that the other person knows the letter continues on the other side of the page)
  • RSVP - please reply
  • FIO – for your information only (to show that it is being sent to someone in order to give them information, and they are not expected to reply or take any action)

 Useful Expressions - Apologizing (Desculpas)

  • Please accept our (sincerest) apologies.
  • Sorry.
  • I’m (so / very / terribly) sorry.
  • Ever so sorry.
  • How stupid / careless / thoughtless of me.
  • Pardon (me)
  • That’s my fault.
  • Sorry. It was all my fault.
  • Please excuse my (ignorance)
  • Please don’t be mad at me.

Phrasal verbs