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How to start a mail in formal form?

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Hola todos! I want to write an e-mail to my Spanish teacher (she) and I think using querida is too informal. What can I use instead? Thanks

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updated Dec 11, 2010
posted by sinan634

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In Spanish we only use "querido/a" with people we love. If you send that to someone you don't know well, this person may get a bit shocked with your "confession".

Anyway, if you know her name and it is formal, start like this:

Estimada Sra. [name here] :

updated Dec 11, 2010
edited by lazarus1907
posted by lazarus1907
okay i'll use it then, thanks:) - sinan634, Dec 11, 2010