Mister is an English treatment pronoun and means Mr. Its abbreviation is Mr. and it is introduced before the name of some man or office, such as Mr. President Barack Obama.
The word mister exists in Portuguese and has the meaning of position or profession, or even a need, something indispensable.
For example:
"Corruption must be punished so that Brazil can achieve the foreseen development".
In this case it comes from the Latin word ministerium, which corresponds to letter. In its meaning for Portuguese, the word mister is synonym essential, fundamental, crucial, something of high importance.
It is also used in legal vocabulary to designate something mandatory, as in "It is necessary to fulfill the sentence".
In English, the word mister is used before a man's surname, and is a respectful form of address. It has its origin in the terms master and magister, from Old English and French, which correspond to the authority. As you can see from the example:
Excuse me, Mister Zuckerberg, can I have an autograph?
Sorry, Mr. Zuckerberg, but could I have an autograph?
The female correspondence in English for mister is miss. But miss is only used in the case of unmarried women. In English-speaking countries, married women are treated by Mrs, which is pronounced "missis".
The stressed syllable of the word mister is the first, and therefore the pronunciation is "mis - ter".
In pop culture, the word mister accompanies a series of character names. Among the most famous are English comedian Rowan Atkinson's character, Mr Bean, and the character in the cartoons Mister Magoo.
In Brazil, there are two television programs whose names used the word mister. It was the Mister M, part of the Sunday program Fantástico, on Rede Globo, which was about a magician who unveiled tricks for the public. AND Mister Brau, a series also on Rede Globo with actors Lázaro Ramos and Taís Araújo in the cast.
Like the word miss, mister is also used as the title of beauty pageants or other competitions. For example, the Mister Universe bodybuilding contest.
Mister is also a word used to designate the quality or enhance the attribute of an individual As in "he will never agree to do this because he is Mister Right."