señora
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
Pronunciation
- (US) IPA(key): /seɪˈnjɔːɹə/, /seɪˈnjoʊɹə/, /siːˈnjɔːɹə/
- (UK) IPA(key): /sɪˈnjɔːɹə/, /sɛˈnjɔːɹə/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
Noun
señora (plural señoras)
- A Spanish term of address equivalent to Mrs., used alone or capitalized and prefixed to the name of a married, divorced or widowed woman
Anagrams
Classical Nahuatl
Alternative forms
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʃinoːraʔ/
Noun
señora (plural señoratin)
- A Spanish or European woman.
- 1570: testimony of don Juan de Guzmán
- yhuan oncan cate Eyntin señoratin
- and there were three Spanish women there
- 1570: testimony of don Juan de Guzmán
References
- Lochkart, James (1991) Nahuas and Spaniards, Stanford: Stanford University Press, →ISBN, page 80
- Lockhart, James (2001) Nahuatl as Written: Lessons in Older Written Nahuatl, with Copious Examples and Texts, Stanford: Stanford University Press, →ISBN, page 232
Papiamentu
Etymology
From Spanish señora and Portuguese senhora.
Noun
señora
Alternative forms
Spanish
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /seˈɲoɾa/ [seˈɲo.ɾa]
Audio (Colombia): (file) - Rhymes: -oɾa
- Syllabification: se‧ño‧ra
Noun
señora f (plural señoras, masculine señor, masculine plural señores)
- Ms; a title or form of address for a woman; formerly for a married, divorced, or widowed woman and now commonly for any adult woman regardless of marital status, depending on the region
- Synonym: doña
- lady
- wife
Alternative forms
- Señora (used before a name)
Abbreviations
Derived terms
- señorita (diminutive)
Related terms
- señor m
Adjective
señora f
- feminine singular of señor
Further reading
- “señor”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024