Writing a letter

Writing a letter/email in Spanish

By Laura Pokorny

You must start the letter/email with a greeting! 

 

To start a letter in Spanish to someone with a title (a formal letter), use:

 

Estimado or Estimada ("Dear")and the person's name (followed by a comma)

 

 

            For example: If you are writing to Sr. Perez, you would start your letter with

 

                     Estimado Sr. Perez, 

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For Sra. Díaz you would start with: Estimada Sra. Díaz​,

 

To write a letter to a friend:

These greetings are INFORMAL

Querido Juan,

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Querida Sandra, ​

For example:

Use Querido or Querida and the person's name (followed by a comma)

Multiple Choice

Choose the correct greeting:

You are writing a letter to the principal

• Estimada Sra. Henry,

• Querida Sra. Henry,

• Querida Maureen,

• Estimada Henry

Multiple Choice

Choose the correct greeting:

You are writing to your friend's sister

• Estimada Juana,

• Querido Juana,

• Querida Juana,

• Estimada Srta. Juana

To end a letter/ email in Spanish

​For a formal letter, use:

Sinceramente, or Cordialmente, your name

​For an informal letter, use:

De, your name

Multiple Choice

Fill in the blanks:

______ Srta. Ruiz,

Hola! Yo estoy muy bien. Adiós.

______, Lorenzo

• Estimada / de

• Estimada / sinceramente

• Querida / de

• Querida / cordialmente,

Multiple Choice

Fill in the blanks:

______ Jorge,

Yo te quiero mucho. Tú eres una buena persona.

_______, Susana

• Querido / de

• Estimado / sinceramente

• Querido / cordialmente

• Estimado / de