señora

[seyn-yawr-uh, -yohr-uh, seen-; Spanish se-nyaw-rah]

SEE MORE SYNONYMS FOR señora ON THESAURUS.COM

noun, plural se·ño·ras [seyn-yawr-uh z, -yohr-, seen-; Spanish se-nyaw-rahs] /seɪnˈyɔr əz, -ˈyoʊr-, sin-; Spanish sɛˈnyɔ rɑs/.

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

Origin of señora

1570–80; < Spanish, feminine of señor

Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019

Related Words for senora

madame, dame, madonna, Frau, signora

Examples from the Web for senora

Historical Examples of senora

"The soldiers, senora," Gaspar Ruiz had answered, in a faint voice.
A Set of Six
Joseph Conrad
"Their revolutions, their revolutions," gasped Senora Teresa.
Nostromo: A Tale of the Seaboard
Joseph Conrad
The senora had given into her charge the girls belonging to that Italian posadero.
Nostromo: A Tale of the Seaboard
Joseph Conrad
"I was only going to inform the senora," said the man with a shrug and a forced smile.
Susy, A Story of the Plains
Bret Harte
"I am a friend of the senora's, and I love her as I do the apple of my eye," said Caballuco.
Dona Perfecta
B. Perez Galdos

British Dictionary definitions for senora

señora

noun plural -ras (-rəz, Spanish -ras)

a married Spanish or Spanish-speaking woman: a title of address equivalent to Mrs when placed before a name or madam when used alone

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Word Origin and History for senora

1570s, from Spanish señora "a lady; madam," fem. of señor (see senor). The Portuguese equivalent is senhora.