| Form | me / te / le / nos / les | Te mando un mensaje. | I'll send you a message. |
| Form | os for vosotros | Os traigo un regalo. | I'm bringing you a present. |
| Meaning | the person who receives something: to whom, for whom | Le compro flores a mi madre. | I'm buying my mother flowers. |
| No gender | le serves a man, a woman and usted | Le escribo a Ana. | I'm writing to Ana. |
| Doubling | le or les stays beside a + person | Les escribo a mis padres. | I write to my parents. |
| Clarity | a él / a ella / a usted make le clear | Le escribo a ella, no a él. | I'm writing to her, not to him. |
| Position | like the direct object: before the conjugated verb, or attached | Voy a escribirle = Le voy a escribir | I'm going to write to him. |
| Trap | preguntar takes an indirect object: le | Le pregunto a Juan. | I'm asking Juan. |