senhorita
Portuguese, noun/sẽ.ɲoˈɾi.tɐ/
senhorita is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “miss, senhorita, diminutive of senhora” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “tratamento dispensado às moças solteiras”.
What does senhorita mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininemiss, senhorita, diminutive of senhora
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. tratamento dispensado às moças solteiras
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 senhorita
- senhoritas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce senhorita?
- Brazil /sẽ.ɲoˈɾi.tɐ/
- Brazil [sẽ.j̃oˈɾi.tɐ]
- Brazil /sĩ.ɲoˈɾi.tɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to senhorita
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is senhorita in Portuguese?
senhorita appears 5.9 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).