una carta de puño y letra

[poli]

Can somebody translate this form me? Thank you.

[Rusty]

This means handwritten letter.

[poli]

Thank you for clarifying this to me. With the word puño I thought it may have meant an urgent or angry letter.

[Rusty]

You're welcome.

Something de puño (y letra) is something handwritten, or something in one's own handwriting.
de tu puño y letra = in your own handwriting

Escrito de puño (y letra) de ... = written by the hand of ...

[Alfonso]

Yes, it is. But I wouldn't write y letra between brackets, as I don't think it's common to say just escrito de tu puño. Of course, it's not impossible, but the common idiom, at least here, is de tu puño y letra.

Nothing to do with angriness.

[Rusty]

Thanks, Alfonso.

[Jane]

Yes, it is. But I wouldn't write y letra between brackets, as I don't think it's common to say just escrito de tu puño. Of course, it's not impossible, but the common idiom, at least here, is de tu puño y letra.

Nothing to do with angriness.
Nothing to do with anger.

[Alfonso]

Nothing to do with anger.Thanks a lot, angel :angel:

[Tomisimo]

Added puño y letra to the idiom dictionary. :)

[sosia]

Yo siempre la he escuchado como una frase hecha completa "de su puño y letra", nunca suelta "puño y letra", como aparece en el modismo.

Es una carta auténtica de Velázquez, de su puño y letra.
Escribió de su propio puño y letra sus últimas recomendaciones antes de morir.

Saludos :D