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señorita

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Anglicised/sɛn.jəˈɹiː.tə/

señorita noun: a young, unmarried woman in or from a Hispanophone community.

Noun

señorita (plural señoritas)

  1. A young, unmarried woman in or from a Hispanophone community.
    • I love it when you call me señorita.
  2. A small species of wrasse, Oxyjulis californica.
    • 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, page 79

Forms of señorita

pluralseñoritas
alternative formsenorita

Origin of señorita

Borrowed from Spanish señorita. Doublet of senhorita.

Words that rhyme with señorita

9 more rhymesFewer rhymes

Questions about señorita

What does señorita mean?
Señorita means a young, unmarried woman in or from a Hispanophone community.
What part of speech is señorita?
Señorita is a noun.
How do you pronounce señorita?
Señorita is pronounced /sɛn.jəˈɹiː.tə/ (Anglicised).
What is the plural of señorita?
The plural of señorita is señoritas.

Words near señorita in the dictionary

  1. sezee
  2. señor
  3. señora
  4. señoras
  5. señores
  6. señorita
  7. señoritas
  8. Sežana
  9. seṭ
  10. sf
  11. SF 10

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