what does don mean in spanish
lagartijaverde. It's a term of respect and often appears where the person has a distinctive academic reputation, hence the phrase an Oxford don referring to just such a person.Of course the term also appears in the American-Italian phrase Mafia Don.As someone already mentioned it can appear in a context where someone has an established and usually respectable social standing...perhaps that means politicians and bankers referred to as Don apellido are few and far between.f course the term also appears in the American-Italian phrase Mafia Don. As someone already mentioned it can appear in a context where someone has an established and usually respectable social standing...perhaps that means politicians and bankers referred to as Don apellido are few and far between.