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señora

[sayn-yawr-uh, -yohr-uh, seen-, se-nyaw-rah] / seɪnˈjɔr ə, -ˈjoʊr ə, sin-, sɛˈnjɔ rɑ /
NOUN
madam
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STRONGEST


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Jurado’s pitch to the señora: Born and raised in the district.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 14, 2024

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

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 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

“Quite frankly, I get emotional. The people getting exploited are the señoras getting exploited to work all day. My goal is about equitable economic opportunity and providing opportunities. This is not that.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 1, 2022

He had written about Spain in his earlier years—he had sung in the most charming fashion about Juanas and Pepitas, about señoras in mantillas stealing down palace staircases that look "blue" in the starlight.

From The Galaxy, June 1877 Vol. XXIII.—June, 1877.—No. 6. by Various


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