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How do you address someone formally in Spanish?????

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How do you address someone in Spanish other than saying usted???

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updated Sep 11, 2013
posted by Gladys11

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You can use the word "Señor" for a man and "Señora" for a married or older woman and "Señorita" for an unmarried of younger woman.
You use usted for formal "you" for one person. Besides usted (abbreviated Ud., ud. or Vd.) which is the subject and object of a preposition pronoun, you use the pronouns le, la, lo and the possessive pronoun su. You can study the uses of the direct object and indirect object pronoun on this site here: Grammar and go to Pronouns. There is a lot to study so I can't explain it all here.

updated Sep 11, 2013
posted by Jubilado