señorita
English edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Spanish señorita. Doublet of senhorita.
Pronunciation edit
- (Anglicised) IPA(key): /sɛn.jə.ˈɹiː.tə/
- Rhymes: -iːtə
Noun edit
señorita (plural señoritas)
- A young, unmarried woman in or from a Hispanophone community.
- I love it when you call me señorita
- A small species of wrasse, Oxyjulis californica.
- 1991, Martha Holmes, Sea Trek, BBC Books, page 79:
- The golden, cigar-shaped señoritas occur in schools that number from just a few fish to many hundreds.
Translations edit
courtesy title for an unmarried woman in a Hispanophone country
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Anagrams edit
Spanish edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): /seɲoˈɾita/ [se.ɲoˈɾi.t̪a]
Audio (Colombia): (file) - Rhymes: -ita
- Syllabification: se‧ño‧ri‧ta
Noun edit
señorita f (plural señoritas, masculine señorito, masculine plural señoritos)
Related terms edit
Further reading edit
- “señorito”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014