the hispanic/latino culture?

Question

what's a formal or personal way to address an elder person or your grandmother in the hispanic/latino culture?

Answer 1

Abuela = grandmother

Answer 2

In Mexico we use Usted to talk to people we don´t know, also to elders but not to grandparents since they are kin and of course you know them we use Tu instead, in the early 1900´s people would address parents and grandparents with Usted but not anymore unless you are from a rural community they still talk like that, Usted shows respect to the person you are talking to. We don´t really call our grandmother abuela we use abuelita more because it is a more endearing term. You can also call the elderly Don ( then the name ) if it is a man and Doña if it is a woman

Answer 3

I don't know if you speak Spanish but If you do you might know that in this language we can speak using "TU" or "USTED" way. "Tu" means you (singular) and it is used among friends and well known people such as classmates, cousins, and other people about the same age or younger, for example "tu eres mi amigo" (You are my friend)... "Usted" also means you (singular) but it is more polite, and it is the way younger pleople talk to elder people, older family members such as grandparents, parents, unts and uncles, and older unknown people, and authority figures such as teachers, police officers, politicias, etc. Adults almost always use "Usted" when talking to other known and unknown adults (for example: Usted es mi maestro, "you are my teacher"). "You" as a plural is "Ustedes" and it is used in all situations.

Answer 4

don and dorna..then last name. Don is like sir and Dona is like Madam. Dona is pronounced with the N haveing a y sound. Like the singer Enya! Its pronounced Dornya!

Answer 5

you can also address the person by Dońa or Don followed by the name for example Dońa Maria or Don Gustavo .
For grandma it would be abuela

Answer 6

There is no one "hispanic/latino" culture. Your question is like asking about the "white culture." There is no such thing.

Answer 7

Señora, Señor or Abuelita for grandma.

Answer 8

If it is your family, Abuelo/Abuela is correct
If it is not your family, Usted or Señor/Señora followed by their last name

Answer 9

you crazy.....................................................