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feminine

/seɲoˈɾi.ta/

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Translation

Miss, young woman

Word origin

From senora ('lady') plus the diminutive suffix -ita; senora descends from Latin senior ('elder').

Origin: Latin
Root: senior
English cognates: senior

Grammar

Genderfeminine

Examples

García, .

Miss García, you have a call on line two.

, , ¿ ?

Excuse me, miss, do you know what time the next train leaves?

Martínez .

Miss Martínez teaches mathematics at the secondary school.

When she was little she wanted to be an elegant young lady.

The young ladies of the group sang very well.

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This word is part of lesson 10.