Opening & Closing Business Letters

To open a business letter or email in Spanish, use the following greetings (saludos):

Estimado title last name: [for a man]

Estimada title last name: [for a woman]

Estimados / Estimadas [for letters or emails directed at more than one person]

To close a business letter or email in Spanish, use:

Atentamente,


With email it's particularly tempting to use less formal language, but in a professional context and working in your second (or third!) language, it's better to stay formal and use the above terms.