querida
Americannoun
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Southwestern U.S.. a female sweetheart (also used as a term of address).
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(in the Philippines) the mistress of a married man.
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“Mi querida Alexa,” he began, or “my dear Alexa.”
From Washington Times • Oct. 9, 2018
She starts with English—sweetie pie, candy bird, honey bunny—before moving on to half-remembered Spanish: corazón, querida, mija.
From The New Yorker • Nov. 9, 2015
“That was a fine thing to do, querida Benvenida,” Grandfather says, smiling.
From "Across So Many Seas" by Ruth Behar
We lives there in fine house weeth mooch flowers, yoh not so moch as lif' one finger for work, querida mia.
From The Heritage of the Sioux by Bower, B. M.
"Ah, querida mia!" she murmured softly, kissing it again.
From When Dreams Come True by Berger, William Merritt
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