dueña

See also: Düna and ďünă

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Late Latin domna, shortened variant of Latin domina. Doublet of dama and doña.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdweɲa/ [ˈd̪we.ɲa]
• Rhymes: -eɲa
• Syllabification: due‧ña

Noun

dueña f (plural dueñas)

1. female equivalent of dueño: owner
2. mistress

Descendants

• Sicilian: gna
• → Russian: дуэ́нья (duénʹja)
• → Ukrainian: дуе́нья (duénʹja)

Further reading

• “dueña”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025