Before a person's name, you say 'Mr' for a man. Senhor Ferreira = Mr Smith (pronounced 'Mister') For a woman, traditionally we used 'Mrs' if she was married and 'Miss' if she was unmarried. Nowadays, it is becoming more common to use 'Ms', which doesn't tell you about the woman's marital status. Senhora Ferreira = Miss Smith Mrs Smith Ms Smith Miss ---> pronounced 'Miss' Mrs ---> pronounced 'Missiz' Ms ---> pronounced 'Miz' or 'Muz' If you are not using the person's name, then 'Senhor' and 'Senhora' are translated as 'sir' or 'madam'. For example: Thank you, sir. Come this way, madam.

You can also say Sir or Ma'am.

senhor= mister senhora=miss