señorita
English
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
- (Anglicised) IPA(key): /sɛn.jə.ˈɹiː.tə/
- Rhymes: -iːtə
Noun
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, p. 79:
- The golden, cigar-shaped señoritas occur in schools that number from just a few fish to many hundreds.
- 1991, Martha Holmes, Sea Trek, BBC Books, p. 79:
Translations
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /seɲoˈɾita/, [seɲoˈɾit̪a]
Alternative forms
- Señorita (used before a name)
Related terms
Further reading
- “señorita” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.
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