señorear
Spanish, verb/seɲoɾeˈaɾ/
señorear is spelled S-E-Ñ-O-R-E-A-R (8 letters) and appears about once in every 63 million words in written Spanish, the 277,009th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Señorear is a Spanish verb meaning “to govern; rule over or lord it over” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Dominar”.
What does señorear mean in English?
verb
- 1
to govern; rule over or lord it over
- 2
to look over; tower over
- 3
to dominate; to control (one's emotions)
- 4
to call (someone) "sir"
- 5
to behave in a lofty manner
- 6
to seize control
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Dominar.
verb: 1. Echarla de señor.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of señorear
- señoreo first-person present singular
- señoreé first-person preterite singular
- señoreado participle past
- señoreando gerund
- señoreada feminine participle past
- señoreados masculine participle past
- señoreadas feminine participle past
- señoreas indicative informal present
- señoreás indicative informal present
- señorea indicative present singular
- señoreamos first-person indicative plural
- señoreáis indicative plural present
- señorean indicative plural present
- señoreaba first-person imperfect indicative
- señoreabas imperfect indicative second-person
- señoreábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- señoreabais imperfect indicative plural
- señoreaban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce señorear?
- /seɲoɾeˈaɾ/
- [se.ɲo.ɾeˈaɾ]
- [seɲoɾeˈaɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is señorear in Spanish?
señorear appears about once in every 63 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).