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Difficulty: EasyFormal Salutations and Closings

You are a high school student writing a formal email to a female university director, Sra. Silva, to ask about a summer program. Fill in the blank with the appropriate formal adjective commonly used in Spanish academic emails to mean 'Dear'. Note: Ensure your answer matches the gender and number of the recipient.

Answer:【Estimada】 Sra. Silva:

Me dirijo a usted para solicitar más información sobre el programa de verano.

Answer

Estimada (or Respetada)
The correct answer is 'Estimada' because it is the standard formal greeting in Spanish professional and academic correspondence. It also correctly matches the feminine singular form required when addressing 'Sra. Silva'.

Step-by-Step Solution

1
Identify the recipient and their title from the context.
The recipient is Sra. Silva, a female university director.
Spanish formal greetings must agree in gender and number with the recipient being addressed.
2
Select the appropriate formal greeting vocabulary.
The standard formal greeting equivalent to 'Dear' is 'Estimado/a'.
Using informal greetings like 'Querido/a' or casual ones like 'Hola' is inappropriate for a university director.
3
Apply gender and number agreement to the selected greeting.
Since Sra. Silva is singular and feminine, 'Estimado' changes to 'Estimada'.
Adjectives in Spanish must modify the noun they refer to correctly.

Key Concept

Using appropriate formal salutations with correct gender and number agreement in an email reply.
Estimated Time:45s
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Formal Salutations and Closings

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