senhora

American  

[sin-yawr-uh, -yohr-uh, si-nyaw-ruh] / sɪnˈyɔr ə, -ˈyoʊr ə, sɪˈnyɔ rə /

noun

senhoras plural

1. a Portuguese term of address equivalent to Mrs., used alone or capitalized and prefixed to the name of a married or older woman. Sra.

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Other Word Forms

Inflected Forms

noun

• senhoras
  plural

Etymology

Origin of senhora

1795–1805; < Portuguese, feminine of senhor

Example Sentences

The senhora of the house told her to wait.

From Time Magazine Archive

It is, on the contrary, impossible to imagine anything more dreary and monotonous than the life of the Brazilian senhora in any of the smaller towns.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 101, March, 1866 by Various

The next moment we were joined by the senhora, who, pale with fear, seemed scarcely less in need of assistance than her friend.

From Charles O'Malley, The Irish Dragoon, Volume 2 by Lever, Charles James

"There, senhora," said an orderly, pointing to a marquee, open on every side, wherein De Sylva sat in conference with his staff.

From The Stowaway Girl by Tracy, Louis

The old senhora told me a sad story of the brutality exercised in recruiting the Indians.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 101, March, 1866 by Various