señora

See also: Señora and senora

English

Alternative forms

• senora

Etymology

Etymology tree

Spanish señor

Spanish -a

Spanish señorabor.

English señora

Borrowed from Spanish señora.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /seɪˈnjɔːɹə/, /seɪˈnjoʊɹə/, /siːˈnjɔːɹə/
• (UK) IPA^(key): /sɪˈnjɔːɹə/, /sɛˈnjɔːɹə/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Noun

señora (plural señoras)

1. A Spanish term of address equivalent to Mrs., used alone or capitalized and prefixed to the name of a married, divorced or widowed woman

Anagrams

• Reason, Roanes, Serano, arseno-, reason

Classical Nahuatl

Alternative forms

• xinola

Etymology

From Spanish señora (“lady”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃinoːraʔ/

Noun

señora (plural señoratin)

1. A Spanish or European woman.
   • 1570: testimony of don Juan de Guzmán

     yhuan oncan cate Eyntin señoratin

     and there were three Spanish women there

References

• Lochkart, James (1991), Nahuas and Spaniards, Stanford: Stanford University Press, →ISBN, page 80
• Lockhart, James (2001), Nahuatl as Written: Lessons in Older Written Nahuatl, with Copious Examples and Texts, Stanford: Stanford University Press, →ISBN, page 232

Papiamentu

Etymology

From Spanish señora and Portuguese senhora.

Noun

señora

1. woman, lady
2. wife
3. Mrs

Alternative forms

• kasá (synonym)
• muhé (synonym)

Spanish

Etymology

From señor + -a.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /seˈɲoɾa/ [seˈɲo.ɾa]

• Audio (Colombia):

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• Rhymes: -oɾa
• Syllabification: se‧ño‧ra

Noun

señora f (plural señoras, masculine señor, masculine plural señores)

1. Ms; a title or form of address for a woman; formerly for a married, divorced, or widowed woman and now commonly for any adult woman regardless of marital status, depending on the region

   Synonym: doña

2. lady

   Synonyms: ama, dama

3. wife

   Synonyms: esposa, mujer

Alternative forms

• Señora (used before a name)

Abbreviations

• Sra., Sra

Derived terms

• señorita (diminutive)

Related terms

• señor m

Adjective

señora f

1. feminine singular of señor

Further reading

• “señor”, 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

Anagrams

• añores
• roñase
• sonaré
• sonare
• soñare
• soñaré