señor
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English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Spanish señor. Doublet of seigneur, senior, signor, sir, sire, and senhor.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
señor (plural señores)
- A Spanish term of address equivalent to sir or Mr., used alone or capitalized and prefixed to the name of a married or an older man.
Anagrams[edit]
Galician[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese senhor, from Latin senior. Compare Portuguese senhor.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
señor m (plural señores, feminine señora, feminine plural señoras)
Related terms[edit]
Noun[edit]
señor f (plural señores)
References[edit]
- “señor” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
- “señor” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
- “señor” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “señor” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “señor” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
Spanish[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Inherited from Old Spanish sennor (“lord”), from Vulgar Latin *senjor (“master, elder, lord, nobleman”), from Latin seniōrem (“elder”), comparative form of senex (“old”). Doublet of senior, borrowed from Latin.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
señor m (plural señores, feminine señora, feminine plural señoras)
- mister, sir, lord (title conferred on a married or older male)
- gentleman
- Synonym: caballero
- master
- Synonym: amo
Derived terms[edit]
Adjective[edit]
señor (feminine señora, masculine plural señores, feminine plural señoras)
- (before a noun) great big; whopping
- dar un señor golpe
- Give a good big whack
- free
- (Can we add an example for this sense?)
Further reading[edit]
- “señor”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Anagrams[edit]
Tagalog[edit]
Noun[edit]
señór (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜒᜈ᜔ᜌᜓᜇ᜔)
- Alternative spelling of senyor
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