señorita

American  

[seyn-yuh-ree-tuh, seen-, se-nyaw-ree-tah] / ˌseɪn yəˈri tə, ˌsin-, sɛ nyɔˈri tɑ /

noun

plural

señoritas

1. a Spanish term of address equivalent to miss, used alone or capitalized and prefixed to the name of a girl or unmarried woman. Srta.

2. a cigar-shaped wrasse, Oxyjulis californica, found off the coast of California, olive brown above shading to creamy white below.

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señorita British  

/ ˌsɛnjɔːˈriːtə, seɲoˈrita /

noun

1. an unmarried Spanish or Spanish-speaking woman: a title of address equivalent to Miss when placed before a name or madam or miss when used alone

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Etymology

Origin of señorita

1815–25, < Spanish, diminutive of señora ( def. )

Example Sentences

Mendes has had a number of chart-topping hits in the UK, US and Canada, including the single Señorita, which he released with Camilla Cabello - whom he also previously dated.

From BBC

Introducing another song, Heavy, the Canadian star talked about the intense feelings of loneliness and anxiety he'd experienced after hits like Stitches and Senorita catapulted him to worldwide fame.

From BBC

In the 1940s few people reading the comic book adventures of Señorita Rio, a stylish spy working for U.S. intelligence in South America, appreciated just how much the artist drawing her was putting into those vivid images.

From New York Times

“Señorita Rio got clothes that I couldn’t have,” the artist, Lily Renée Phillips, told the comic book artist and historian Trina Robbins in 2006.

From New York Times

Señorita Rio’s battles against comic book Nazis and their South American collaborators had personal resonance for Ms. Phillips, who with her once-prosperous family had been driven out of Austria by real-life Nazis and spent World War II struggling to get by in New York City.

From New York Times