señorita

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señorita

/sɛn.jəˈɹiː.tə/ Anglicised

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Borrowed from Spanish señorita. Doublet of senhorita.

noun señoritas · senorita

A young, unmarried woman in or from a Hispanophone community. I love it when you call me señorita.
A small species of wrasse, Oxyjulis californica. The golden, cigar-shaped señoritas occur in schools that number from just a few fish to many hundreds.

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noun courtesy title for an unmarried woman in a Hispanophone country

Español	señorita
日本語	セニョリータ senyoriita
Русский	сеньори́та senʹoríta

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MLA

"señorita." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/se%C3%B1orita. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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señorita. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/se%C3%B1orita

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"señorita." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/se%C3%B1orita.

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@misc{sen_orita_2026,
  title = {señorita},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/se%C3%B1orita},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}