señorita

[ seyn-yuh-ree-tuh, seen-; Spanish se-nyaw-ree-tah ]

noun

, plural se·ño·ri·tas [seyn-y, uh, -, ree, -t, uh, z, seen-, se-nyaw-, ree, -tahs].

1. a Spanish term of address equivalent to miss, used alone or capitalized and prefixed to the name of a girl or unmarried woman. : Srta.
2. a cigar-shaped wrasse, Oxyjulis californica, found off the coast of California, olive brown above shading to creamy white below.

señorita

/ ˌsɛnjɔːˈriːtə; seɲoˈrita /

noun

1. an unmarried Spanish or Spanish-speaking woman: a title of address equivalent to Miss when placed before a name or madam or miss when used alone

Word History and Origins

Origin of señorita¹

1815–25, Americanism; < Spanish, diminutive of señora ( def )

Example Sentences

Mendes has had a number of chart-topping hits in the UK, US and Canada, including the single Señorita, which he released with Camilla Cabello - whom he also previously dated.

From BBC

Introducing another song, Heavy, the Canadian star talked about the intense feelings of loneliness and anxiety he'd experienced after hits like Stitches and Senorita catapulted him to worldwide fame.

From BBC

Lourdes Portillo’s elegiac “Senorita Extraviada” documents with low-key persistence the conditions in Ciudad Juarez that make some say, “There is no better place in the world to kill a young woman.”

From Los Angeles Times

Some recalled being put on “la señorita,” a device that lifts and distorts bodies before plunging them into a water tank.

From Washington Post

Señorita Rio’s battles against comic book Nazis and their South American collaborators had personal resonance for Ms. Phillips, who with her once-prosperous family had been driven out of Austria by real-life Nazis and spent World War II struggling to get by in New York City.

From New York Times