mayora

Spanish

Etymology

From mayor.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /maˈʝoɾa/ [maˈʝo.ɾa]

• IPA^(key): (everywhere but Argentina and Uruguay) /maˈʝoɾa/ [maˈʝo.ɾa]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /maˈʃoɾa/ [maˈʃo.ɾa]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /maˈʒoɾa/ [maˈʒo.ɾa]

• Rhymes: -oɾa
• Syllabification: ma‧yo‧ra

Noun

mayora f (plural mayoras)

1. (Mexico) an elderly female cook, who may work in a commercial kitchen but typically does not have formal training

See also

• cocinera f

 

Further reading

• “mayora”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014