{"id":71082,"date":"2016-07-15T10:06:36","date_gmt":"2016-07-15T08:06:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/?p=71082"},"modified":"2021-10-13T18:49:18","modified_gmt":"2021-10-13T16:49:18","slug":"spanish","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/spanish\/","title":{"rendered":"How to write a formal letter or email in Spanish"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Speaking, listening and reading often get prioritized when learning a new language, they come more easily than writing and are often more used as forms of <strong>communication<\/strong>. <strong>Writing<\/strong> a formal letter in any <strong>language<\/strong> may seem hard to begin with, but it does get easier. If <strong>Spanish<\/strong> is not your first language then below are some pointers to keep in mind when constructing a formal piece of written communication.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">There are many reasons you might be called to write a <strong>formal<\/strong> <strong>email<\/strong> or <strong>letter<\/strong>; preparing to <strong>work<\/strong> or <strong>study<\/strong> abroad, applying for a job or looking for business partners in a <strong>Spanish<\/strong> <strong>speaking<\/strong> <strong>country<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_17 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-grey\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class=\"ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1\"><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/spanish\/#The_greeting_how_to_begin_the_email\" title=\"The greeting: how to begin the email\">The greeting: how to begin the email<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/spanish\/#Introducing_yourself\" title=\"Introducing yourself\">Introducing yourself<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/spanish\/#Ending_the_email\" title=\"Ending the email\">Ending the email<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/spanish\/#Want_to_learn_more\" title=\"Want to learn more\">Want to learn more<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/spanish\/#Spanish_Text_Message_Slang\" title=\"Spanish Text Message Slang\">Spanish Text Message Slang<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"The_greeting_how_to_begin_the_email\"><\/span>The greeting: how to begin the email<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">If you\u2019re not sure the name of the person you are <strong>writing<\/strong> to, there is a <strong>Spanish<\/strong> equivalent for the \u201cTo whom it may concern,\u201d greeting traditionally used in <strong>English<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_71087\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-71087\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-71087\" src=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/writing-on-a-laptop-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"writing-on-a-laptop\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-71087\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo by Visualhunt<\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">A quien corresponda:<br \/>\n(to whom it may concern:)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">If you know the name of the person but you don\u2019t have enough of a relationship for a warmer <strong>greeting<\/strong> then go with:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Estimada\/o plus the person\u2019s title and surname<br \/>\nEstimada\/o translates to \u201cesteemed.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Masculine: Estimado Se\u00f1or Garcia.<br \/>\nFeminine: Estimada Se\u00f1ora Garcia.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Introducing_yourself\"><\/span>Introducing yourself<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">You should write your full name if you have never met the person you are writing to:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Mi nombre es\u2026..<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Ending_the_email\"><\/span>Ending the email<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">There should be an active call to action to inform then that you will welcome their reply or any questions they might have. A couple of options to use are:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Espero su respuesta.<br \/>\n(I await your reply.)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Cualquier cosa estoy a su disposici\u00f3n.<br \/>\n(I am available should you have any questions.)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The final <strong>greeting<\/strong> would depend on what is right for the intent of your <strong>communication<\/strong>, you can choose from:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Muchas gracias por su ayuda\/tiempo<br \/>\n(Thank you for your help\/time)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Gracias y saludos<br \/>\n(Thank you and greetings)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Saludos<br \/>\n(greetings)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Saludos cordiales\/Un saludo cordial<br \/>\n(cordial greetings\u2014this is more formal than the first option)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Le saludo atentamente<br \/>\n(I attentively send greetings\u2014this is even more formal)<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_71092\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-71092\" class=\"wp-image-71092 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/text-message-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"text-message\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-71092\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo by <span class=\"removed_link\" title=\"https:\/\/visualhunt.com\/photos\/city\/\">VisualHunt.com<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Want_to_learn_more\"><\/span>Want to learn more<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/spanish.about.com\/od\/writtenspanish\/a\/correspondence.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" class=\"broken_link\">Click here<\/a> for some more tips and tricks on how to construct your <strong>correspondence<\/strong> <em>en Espa\u00f1ol<\/em>!<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Spanish_Text_Message_Slang\"><\/span>Spanish Text Message Slang<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">And once you\u2019ve wrapped your head around the above then you can move onto some <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fluentu.com\/spanish\/blog\/spanish-text-message-slang\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Spanish Text Message Slang<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div style=\"display: none;\"\n    class=\"kk-star-ratings kksr-valign-bottom kksr-align-left \"\n    data-id=\"71082\"\n    data-slug=\"\">\n    <div class=\"kksr-stars\">\n    <div class=\"kksr-stars-inactive\">\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\" data-star=\"1\">\n            <div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 25px; height: 25px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\" data-star=\"2\">\n            <div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 25px; height: 25px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\" data-star=\"3\">\n            <div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 25px; height: 25px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\" data-star=\"4\">\n            <div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 25px; height: 25px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\" data-star=\"5\">\n            <div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 25px; height: 25px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"kksr-stars-active\" style=\"width: 150px;\">\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\">\n            <div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 25px; height: 25px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\">\n            <div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 25px; height: 25px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\">\n            <div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 25px; height: 25px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\">\n            <div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 25px; height: 25px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\">\n            <div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 25px; height: 25px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n    <div class=\"kksr-legend\">\n            <strong class=\"kksr-score\">5<\/strong>\n        <span class=\"kksr-muted\">\/<\/span>\n        <strong>5<\/strong>\n        <span class=\"kksr-muted\">(<\/span>\n        <strong class=\"kksr-count\">1<\/strong>\n        <span class=\"kksr-muted\">\n            vote        <\/span>\n        <span class=\"kksr-muted\">)<\/span>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Speaking, listening and reading often get prioritized when learning a new language, they come more easily than writing and are often more used as forms of communication. Writing a formal letter in any language may seem hard to begin with, but it does get easier. If Spanish is not your first language then below are [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":86,"featured_media":71083,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4598],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71082"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/86"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=71082"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71082\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":106822,"href":"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71082\/revisions\/106822"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/71083"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=71082"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=71082"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=71082"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}