gobernadora

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Spanish.

Noun[edit]

gobernadora (plural gobernadoras)

  1. 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[1]:
      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[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ɡobeɾnaˈdoɾa/ [ɡo.β̞eɾ.naˈð̞o.ɾa]
  • Rhymes: -oɾa
  • Syllabification: go‧ber‧na‧do‧ra

Noun[edit]

gobernadora f (plural gobernadoras)

  1. female equivalent of gobernador (governor)
  2. creosote bush (Larrea tridentata)
    Synonym: hediondilla

Adjective[edit]

gobernadora

  1. feminine singular of gobernador

Further reading[edit]

Tagalog[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Spanish gobernadora.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • Hyphenation: go‧ber‧na‧do‧ra
  • IPA(key): /ɡobeɾnaˈdoɾa/, [ɡo.bɛɾ.nɐˈdo.ɾɐ]

Noun[edit]

gobernadora (Baybayin spelling ᜄᜓᜊᜒᜇ᜔ᜈᜇᜓᜇ)

  1. female equivalent of gobernador: female governor
  2. wife of a governor

Related terms[edit]