señora
Americannoun
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señoras
plural
noun
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of señora
1570–80; < Spanish, feminine of señor ( def. )
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While out running errands over the years, people sometimes recognized her, Guadalupe said, asking if she was “la señora del Gran Burrito.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 15, 2020
“I told them, ‘No, I’m la señora de Don Pedro,’” she said, as her husband chuckled.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 15, 2020
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
“We’re a city where a lot of our population are señoras who are Catholic,” said Manzanarez, 30.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 10, 2024
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
Salazar remembers listening to señoras gossiping in her godmother’s salon and getting a gold star whenever she helped sweep the hair.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 21, 2022
‘Why the deuce I ever came - why the deuce I ever went overboard after a couple of señoras - I don’t know,’ he repeated to himself during the hours of that long watch below.
From In Kedar's Tents by Henry Seton Merriman
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