senhorita

senhorita
/seen'yeuh ree"teuh, sayn'-/; Port. /se'nyaw rddee"teuh/, n., pl. senhoritas /-teuhz/; Port. /-teuhsh/.
a Portuguese term of address equivalent to miss, used alone or capitalized and prefixed to the name of a girl or unmarried woman. Abbr.: Srta.
[1870-75; < Pg, dim. of SENHORA]

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  • senhorita — noun Etymology: Portuguese, from diminutive of senhora Date: 1874 an unmarried Portuguese or Brazilian girl or woman used as a title equivalent to Miss …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • senhorita — noun A young woman in or from a Lusophone community …   Wiktionary

  • Senhorita — Se|nho|ri|ta auch: Sen|ho|ri|ta 〈 [sɛnjɔ ] f.; Gen.: , Pl.: s〉 Fräulein (portugies. Anrede) [Etym.: portug., Verkleinerungsform zu Senhora] …   Lexikalische Deutsches Wörterbuch

  • senhorita — [ˌsɛnjə ri:tə] noun (in Portuguese speaking countries) a form of address for a young woman, corresponding to Miss …   English new terms dictionary

  • senhorita — se·nho·ri·ta …   English syllables

  • senhorita — se•nho•ri•ta [[t]ˌsin yəˈri tə, ˌseɪn [/t]] n. pl. tas fot a Portuguese or Brazilian term of address for an unmarried girl or woman, equivalent to miss Abbr.: Srta. • Etymology: 1870–75; < Pg, dim. of senhora …   From formal English to slang

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