señorita

See also: senorita and Señorita

English

Alternative forms

• senorita

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish señorita.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sɛn.jə.ˈɹiː.tə/
• Rhymes: -iːtə

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.
   • 1991, Martha Holmes, Sea Trek, BBC Books, p. 79:

     The golden, cigar-shaped señoritas occur in schools that number from just a few fish to many hundreds.

Translations

courtesy title for an unmarried woman in a Hispanophone country

• Russian: сеньори́та (ru) f (senʹoríta)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Spanish: señorita (es) f

Anagrams

• Reitanos, Restaino, airstone, arsonite, asterion, notaries, notarise, rai stone, tonaries

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Spanish

Etymology

From señora +‎ -ita.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /seɲoˈɾita/ [se.ɲoˈɾi.t̪a]

Noun

señorita f (plural señoritas)

1. young woman
2. Miss (used as a title)
3. (female) snob

Alternative forms

• Señorita (used before a name)

Abbreviations

• Srta., Srta

Related terms

• señorito

Further reading

• Template:R:DRAE 2001