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English
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish señorita. Doublet of senhorita.
Pronunciation
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, page 79:The golden, cigar-shaped señoritas occur in schools that number from just a few fish to many hundreds.
Translations
courtesy title for an unmarried woman in a Hispanophone country
Anagrams
Spanish
Alternative forms
Etymology
From señora + -ita.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /seɲoˈɾita/
- Rhymes: -ita
- Syllabification: se‧ño‧ri‧ta
Noun
señorita f (plural señoritas, masculine señorito, masculine plural señoritos)
- young woman
- Miss (used as a title)
- (female) snob
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