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English
Etymology
From Spanish.
Noun
gobernadora (plural gobernadoras)
- A female governor in Spanish-speaking regions.
1868, The Edinburgh Review:[…] the inquisitor of Valladolid advanced to the royal platform and demanded that the young Prince and Dona Juana, the gobernadora, should swear […]
1941, Hans Christian Adamson, Lands of new world neighbors:When the news of Alvarado's death reached his widow in Guatemala, she called all the alcaldes and regidores to the palace and proclaimed herself gobernadora […]
2007 January 14, Maggie Galehouse, “Conquer and Convert”, in New York Times:Not terribly conflicted by the part she must play, she seems beyond reproach, as effective and inscrutable in battle as she is as a gobernadora.
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡobeɾnaˈdoɾa/
- Rhymes: -oɾa
- Syllabification: go‧ber‧na‧do‧ra
Noun
gobernadora f (plural gobernadoras)
- female equivalent of gobernador (“governor”)
- creosote bush (Larrea tridentata)
- Synonym: hediondilla
Adjective
gobernadora
- feminine singular of gobernador
Further reading
Tagalog
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish gobernadora.
Pronunciation
Noun
gobernadora (Baybayin spelling ᜄᜓᜊᜒᜇ᜔ᜈᜇᜓᜇ)
- female equivalent of gobernador: female governor
- wife of a governor