how would we say this spanish word in english? dona Josefina?

Question

how would we say this spanish word in english? dona Josefina?

Answer 1

Dona is Mrs. Josefina is Josephine.

Answer 2

Actually the word "doña" comes from the Latin word "domina" which means lady.

In Portuguese this title is equivalent to Mrs or Maam and placed before a namne to indicate respect.

In Spanish, the term is "honorific" or a courtesy title or form of address for a woman, placed in front of her first name.

Doña Josefina = the title of respect plus " Josephine." (Note that I did not translate "doña."

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Answer 3

so would it be just maam or Mrs. Josephina?

Answer 4

To say "doña Josefina" in English, you would simply say "Mrs. Josefina." The word "doña" is a Spanish honorific used to address or refer to a married woman. In English, the equivalent honorific is "Mrs." When translating a Spanish honorific like "doña" into English, you usually just use the corresponding English honorific based on the marital status of the person being referred to. In this case, "Josefina" would be a married woman, so you would use "Mrs."