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)

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