senhoria
Portuguese, noun/sẽ.ɲoˈɾi.ɐ/
senhoria is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “landlady” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a female equivalent of senhorio. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “qualidade de senhor ou de senhora”.
What does senhoria mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininelandlady
- 2
femininefemale equivalent of senhorio
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. qualidade de senhor ou de senhora 2. senhorio 3. proprietária de um prédio que se tomou de arrendamento 4. tratamento que se dá hoje a pessoas de posição decente mas não elevada, e que dantes se dava às pessoas da primeira nobreza
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of senhoria
- senhorias plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce senhoria?
- Brazil /sẽ.ɲoˈɾi.ɐ/
- Brazil [sẽ.j̃oˈɾi.ɐ]
- Portugal /sɨ.ɲuˈɾi.ɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is senhoria in Portuguese?
senhoria appears about once in every 1 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).