Salutation - Romanian

Romanian

Formal salutations in Romanian are:

- Stimate / Stimată (Men/Women)

- Domn = Mr.

- Doamnă = Mrs.

- Domnișoară = Ms. (for unmarried women, but is used only for close relations, otherwise, is considered offensive)

Examples:

Stimate Domn, Stimată Doamnă (used when the reader is unknown)

Stimate Domnule Ungureanu, (used when the reader is a man and his last name is known - this is the mostly used version)

Stimată Doamnă Ungureanu,(the reader is a woman and the last name is known, the mostly used version)

Specific salutations in Romanian can be used with or without the last name:

Stimate Domnule Dr. Ungureanu; Stimate Domnule Doctor (the first version shows more respect)

Stimate Domnule Profesor Ungureanu; Stimate Domnule Profesor; Stimate Domnule Prof. Ungureanu (first two versions are better)

Stimate Domnule Academician; Stimate Domnule Academician Mihai Ungureanu

Stimate Domnule Director; Stimate Domnule Director Mihai Ungureanu(first version is more used)

Very formal, very official:

Multstimate Domnule Director (for a director, man)

Multstimată Doamnă Președinte (for a president, woman)

Onorate Domnule Ungureanu (understood as something like: "Honoured Mr. ...", is used in formal letters, usually has the same power as "Multstimate ...")

Formal for groups:

Onorată Comisie (addressed to a group of people, for example a commission)

Onorați Reprezentanți (addressed to a group of representatives)

Stimați/Onorați Participanți (both versions are good, addressed to a group of participants)

Informal:

- Dragă (more used from men to women, or from women to men, but it is too familiar)

- Salut (same as Hi)

Examples:

Dragă Ruxanda; Dragă Mihai (used usually with the first name)

Salut Ruxanda; Salut Mihai

Old salutations, can be found in old letters used primarily during the communism (today they are used only by closed communist communities, or by teenagers to make fun):

Stimate Tovarășe Ungureanu; Stimată Cetățeancă Ungureanu; Stimate Cetățean Ungureanu