Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: senora
IPA transcription: [s,inj'ɔɹə]
noun meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: Senora
    Meaning: a Spanish title or form of address for a married woman; similar to the English `Mrs' or `madam'
Usage examples
  • "Less politeness and less paint, senora duenna," said Sancho; "by God your hands smell of vinegar-wash."
  • But let senora the Distressed One proceed; for I suspect she has got yet to tell us the bitter part of this so far sweet story."
  • But, senora, your excellence must not therefore think me ill-disposed, for a dolt like me is not bound to see into the thoughts and plots of those vile enchanters.
  • The doctor, with his habit of sceptical, bitter speech, had no other means of showing his profound respect for the character of the woman who was known in the country as the English Senora.
  • I am Don Quixote of La Mancha, whose calling it is to give aid to the needy of all sorts; and that being so, it is not necessary for you, senora, to make any appeal to benevolence, or deal in preambles, only to tell your woes plainly and straightforwardly: for you have hearers that will know how, if not to remedy them, to sympathise with them."
  • "Indeed, senora," said Sancho, "I never yet drank out of wickedness; from thirst I have very likely, for I have nothing of the hypocrite in me; I drink when I'm inclined, or, if I'm not inclined, when they offer it to me, so as not to look either strait-laced or ill-bred; for when a friend drinks one's health what heart can be so hard as not to return it?