senhora

See also: Senhora

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• sinhá (Caipira eye dialect)

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /sẽˈɲɔ.ɾɐ/ [sẽˈj̃ɔ.ɾɐ], /sĩˈɲɔ.ɾɐ/ [sĩˈj̃ɔ.ɾɐ]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /sẽˈɲɔ.ɾɐ/ [sẽˈj̃ɔ.ɾɐ], /sĩˈɲɔ.ɾɐ/ [sĩˈj̃ɔ.ɾɐ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /seˈɲɔ.ɾa/, /siˈɲɔ.ɾa/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /sɨˈɲo.ɾɐ/

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• Hyphenation: se‧nho‧ra

Etymology 1

From Old Galician-Portuguese senhor.

Noun

senhora f (plural senhoras)

1. lady
2. mistress

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:senhora.

Related terms

• senhor
• senhorita
• Sra

Descendants

• Kabuverdianu: Nha

Etymology 2

From senhora in the sense of mistress, a title which gives importance to women and signals their social status; from there it was applied to feminine nouns to achieve a similar effect with them.

Adjective

senhora

1. (informal, dated, prepositive) feminine of senhor (“great; big; fine; remarkable”) (used to highlight or intensify the quality, size or value of things)

   Synonyms: ótima, excelente, maravilhosa

   Aquela senhora casa será a que teremos um dia, querida!

   Yon great big house [literally “mistress house”] will be the one we'll have one day, darling!

   Uma senhora árvore, de fato! Pena que foi derrubada.

   A remarkably big and beautiful tree, indeed! So sad it's been felled.

   Eram umas senhoras formigas que avistei em meu jardim.

   'Twas some big ol' ants that I sighted on my garden.