señorita
Spanish, noun/seɲoˈɾita/
señorita is spelled S-E-Ñ-O-R-I-T-A (8 letters) and appears 14 times per million words in written Spanish, the 5,291st most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Señorita is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “young woman” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a diminutive of señora. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Mujer núbil y soltera”.
What does señorita mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineyoung woman
Colombia es conocida por sus bonitas señoritas.
- 2
feminineMiss (used as a title)
- 3
femininesnob
- 4
femininediminutive of señora
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Mujer núbil y soltera. 2. Tratamiento que los alumnos dan a sus maestras en la enseñanza infantil y primaria, sin importar su estado civil 3. Mujer joven, atildada y de buenos modales 4. Tratamiento que los criados o sirvientes daban a las mujeres solteras del hogar
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 señorita
- señoritas plural
- señorito masculine
- señoritos masculine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce señorita?
- /seɲoˈɾita/
- [se.ɲoˈɾi.t̪a]
- [seɲoˈɾit̪a]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to señorita
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is señorita in Spanish?
señorita appears 14 times per million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).