senhorita

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

noun

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

1. a Portuguese term of address equivalent to miss, used alone or capitalized and prefixed to the name of a girl or unmarried woman. : Srta.

Word History and Origins

Origin of senhorita¹

1870–75; < Portuguese, diminutive of senhora

Example Sentences

Alem�n boosted Senhorita Amar to stardom in Mexican films.

From Time Magazine Archive

The senhorita's chaperon is still regarded as a conventional desideratum, and courtship, if not quite as much a "long distance" communication as among the Puritans of New England when the "courting-stick" was in vogue, is yet largely regulated according to the customs of the mother country, and generally involves the presence of the family.

From Project Gutenberg