how do you say "ms." in spanish?

gigapet

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Originally posted by: Mark
i always thought "don" meant mr. and dona meant ms.?

well there are flavors of spanish you know spanish spoke in spain is not the same as spanish spoken in mexico and puerto rican spanish is another animal as well.
 

Linflas

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Don and Doña are honorifics in spanish with no direct translation to english.
 
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Originally posted by: Linflas
Don and Doña are honorifics in spanish with no direct translation to english.

I think those translate pretty literally to sir and madame. They are kinda rarely used in modern Spanish.
 

kitkat22

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I thought Don and Dona was pretty equivalent to Count and Countess as in a title of royalty.