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mister

Portuguese, noun

mister is spelled M-I-S-T-E-R (6 letters) and appears 3.5 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 15,758th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Mister is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “office, work, employment, occupation, profession” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With an accent, míster is a different word: “coach, trainer”. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “trabalho realizado como forma de ganhar a vida”.

What does mister mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    of the utmost importance

  2. 2

    necessary

noun

  1. 1

    masculineoffice, work, employment, occupation, profession

  2. 2

    masculineposition in a profession

  3. 3

    masculineneed; necessity

noun

  1. 1

    masculinealternative spelling of míster

noun

as míster
  1. 1

    colloquialmasculinecoach, trainer

  2. 2

    Brazilmasculinemister (title conferred on an adult male), especially when referring to Anglophones

Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Portuguese dictionaries define it

noun: 1. trabalho realizado como forma de ganhar a vida 2. trabalho que se realiza profissionalmente, com conhecimento especializado 3. ministério ou incumbência 4. objetivo; aquilo que se almeja

noun: 1. título equivalente a senhor quando acompanhado do nome da pessoa 2. título dado por jogadores aos treinadores estrangeiros de um time

noun: 1. inglês, norte-americano 2. senhor

noun: 1. aquele que é elegido como o mais belo através de um concurso de beleza recebendo um título correspondente ao concurso 2. treinador de time

The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.

Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.

Forms of mister

  • mester alternative
  • misteres plural
  • misters plural
  • místers Brazil plural
  • místeres Portugal plural
  • mister alternative

Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How common is mister in Portuguese?

mister appears 3.5 times per million words in written Portuguese.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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