senhora

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Portuguese

Alternative forms

  • sinhá (Brazil Caipira eye-dialect)

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese senhor.

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /sẽˈɲɔ.ɾɐ/ , /sĩˈɲɔ.ɾɐ/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /seˈɲɔ.ɾa/, /siˈɲɔ.ɾa/

  • Hyphenation: se‧nho‧ra

Noun

senhora f (plural senhoras)

  1. lady
  2. mistress

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:senhora.

Descendants

  • Kabuverdianu: Nha