señora

American  

[seyn-yawr-uh, -yohr-uh, seen-, se-nyaw-rah] / seɪnˈyɔr ə, -ˈyoʊr ə, sin-, sɛˈnyɔ rɑ /

noun

señoras plural

1. a Spanish 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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señora British  

/ sɛˈnjɔːrə, seˈɲora /

noun

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

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Etymology

Origin of señora

1570–80; < Spanish, feminine of señor ( def. )

Example Sentences

Hundreds of people observed a minute's silence outside the Nuestra Senora de La Palma church where the verger, Diego Valencia, was killed.

From BBC • Jan. 26, 2023

A separate case investigating whether the Odyssey had committed a crime by allegedly destroying the underwater site where it found the Nuestra Senora de las Mercedes ship was tossed out in 2016.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 19, 2021

"Can he see the chalkboard?" asked Senora M, my Spanish teacher.

From Salon • Oct. 9, 2021

Like John Prine or Jason Isbell, Childers’s strength lies in his lyrics: vivid songs that play out like short stories, often about working-class life in Kentucky or his devotion to his wife, musician Senora May.

From Washington Post • Dec. 14, 2019

I closed my eyes and imagined old Senora Cardoza, our eighth-grade teacher, being questioned by one of the new government officials.

From "The Red Umbrella" by Christina Gonzalez

Related Words

• madame