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Posted: 9/25/2005 9:27:37 AM EDT

What is the Spanish equivalent of "Ms.?" As in, the marital-status-independent social honorific for women? Would that be Señora or Señorita?

Posted: 9/25/2005 9:29:28 AM EDT

[#1]

Senorita ~ unmarried woman
Senora ~ married woman

Posted: 9/25/2005 9:31:39 AM EDT

[#2]

i would say senorita if her marital status is unknown, but i'm not certain that this is proper

Posted: 9/25/2005 1:57:06 PM EDT

[#3]

There is none. The appellation Mizz is deliberately meant to obfuscate marital status. The Latin culture is much too chauvinistic for its language to permit such ambiguity.

Posted: 9/25/2005 1:58:54 PM EDT

[#4]

Quoted:
There is none. The appellation Mizz is deliberately meant to obfuscate marital status. The Latin culture is much too chauvinistic for its language to permit such ambiguity.

Or perhaps we're just too smart to get wrapped up in such inanity.

SP1Girl is spot-on. Both terms are equally respectful.

Posted: 9/25/2005 2:00:32 PM EDT

[#5]

Quoted:
Quoted:
There is none. The appellation Mizz is deliberately meant to obfuscate marital status. The Latin culture is much too chauvinistic for its language to permit such ambiguity.

Or perhaps we're just too smart to get wrapped up in such inanity.

SP1Girl is spot-on. Both terms are equally respectful.

+1

Short versions for them are:

Señora: Sra.
Señiorita: Srta.

Posted: 9/25/2005 2:03:07 PM EDT

[#6]

There is none. The appellation Mizz is deliberately meant to obfuscate marital status. The Latin culture is much too chauvinistic for its language to permit such ambiguity.

+1

Just use.......... "Mama-seeta rrrrrrreeka"

Posted: 9/25/2005 2:25:44 PM EDT

[#7]

Quoted:
There is none. The appellation Mizz is deliberately meant to obfuscate marital status. The Latin culture is much too chauvinistic for its language to permit such ambiguity.

+1

Just use.......... "Mama-seeta rrrrrrreeka"

Yeah.... THAT'S not chauvanistic...

Use that and be ready to duck, unless you're PAYING her to let you speak to her like that.

Posted: 9/25/2005 2:44:15 PM EDT

[#8]

Another respectful term would be Doña (Doh - nya), however this is more appropriately applied to women over the age of 25 or so...

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