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Old June 01, 2009, 07:52 PM
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Addressing a professor

Hello all,

I was wondering what the proper method of addressing a former professor would be. I am planning on writing a formal thank you letter to my Spanish professor, and I need some advice on how to address her to start the letter.

Would Señora suffice? Should I use her entire name? What is the proper method?

Thank you
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Time ago, Señora was used if the woman was married, and señorita otherwise.
Now it's more complicate, but saying señora you go well for sure.
Saying señorita it's not so bad if you both are on good terms, she will feel younger and happy, but it's a formal one you must say Señora.

suposse it's Miss Sue Wormwood

goes from normal to casual. I don't really know how close
Muy estimada señorita/señora Wormwood.
Apreciada Señora Wormwood <-- best one, middle one,
Querida Señora Wormwood
Querida Sue
Hola Sue

If it's a former profesor, and you are on good terms, you can say

Querida/Apreciada Señora Wormwood,
le escribo estas letras para agradecerleo sinceramente el esfuerzo y paciencia que dedicó para que yo aprendiese castellano correctamente. .....


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Old June 02, 2009, 10:28 AM
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If you have enough friendship ( I mean "confianza") with her and you know her first name, you can start like this (we suppose her first name is "María"):

Estimada María:

If you think that this is not enough formal, you can use her last name, using Sra. to avoid certain problems (let's suppose her last name is López):

Estimada Sra. López:

If you wouldn't know her at all, you sould start like this:

Sra. López:

But I think the last one is not a good thing for a teacher that you know a bit well.

I hope it'll be helpful.
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Hello all,

I was wondering what the proper method of addressing a former professor would be. I am planning on writing a formal thank you letter to my Spanish professor, and I need some advice on how to address her to start the letter.

Would Señora suffice? Should I use her entire name? What is the proper method?

Thank you
I think that it beginning with the person name and later with one salute, I think that it would be the best way to write one letter for one person.


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Sugerencia,

Creo que preguntas como dirigirse por escrito a profesor en español.
De ser así...

Estimado(a) Profesor(a)

Apreciado(a) Profesor(a)

Despedida:

Muy atentamente,
Atentamente,
Cordialmente,
Con agradecimiento,

Todo depende de la intensidad de la contribución que el estudiente recuerda recibir.
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