señora
Americannoun
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señoras
plural
noun
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Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of señora
1570–80; < Spanish, feminine of señor ( def. )
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“La señora said she only grabbed important documents and left,” she told me.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 23, 2025
Jurado’s pitch to the señora: Born and raised in the district.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 14, 2024
They told her, "Look, señora, we need this money now."
From Salon ● Jul. 18, 2020
Don’t take it so hard, señora, you’re not alone.
From Slate ● Jan. 24, 2017
At the training camp they said the words señora, señorita, and señor separate people by age and status.
From "Across So Many Seas" by Ruth Behar
Not just the kind of spy business that equates to elbowing señoras at Best Buy for a deeply discounted TV.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 16, 2025
The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame is breaking new ground with this year’s nominees for induction — and the señoras and rockeros among us couldn’t be more excited.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 13, 2025
The judgmental señoras express their disapproval in Spanish to maintain a level of secrecy, but throw in enough English to let her know that they’re absolutely throwing shade.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2023
“We see street vendors out there. Those are entrepreneurs people don’t talk about. We see señoras selling tamales. ... They may not know it but they are entrepreneurs in the community.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 15, 2022
You paint thick enough, i' conscience' name, though not quite so thick as the Spanish señoras.
From London Pride Or When the World Was Younger by M. E. (Mary Elizabeth) Braddon
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