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EnglishTHE SCHOLAR'S LEXICON

senhora

/sin-yawr-uh, -yohr-uh; Portuguese si-nyaw-ruh/US // sɪnˈyɔr ə, -ˈyoʊr ə; Portuguese sɪˈnyɔ rə //

女士

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural se·nho·ras [sin-yawr-uhz, -yohr-uhz; Portuguese si-nyaw-ruhsh]. /sɪnˈyɔr əz, -ˈyoʊr əz; Portuguese sɪˈnyɔ rəʃ/.

    • : a Portuguese term of address equivalent to Mrs., used alone or capitalized and prefixed to the name of a married or older woman. Abbreviation: Sra.

Examples

  • He grew up in Ouro Preto and would be there for a few days over the fiesta of Nossa Senhora do Rosário.

  • Senhora Vineiro was pale but composed when she saw the manner of death she was to die.

  • Here a gentle struggle seemed to ensue; for I heard the senhora coaxingly entreat her, while her companion steadily resisted.

  • What her companion replied I could not, however, catch, but only guess at its import by the senhora's answer.

  • I knew it well; it was the senhora herself; and the next moment I heard her voice.

  • The senhora was but seldom at home; and I remarked that Power rarely came to see me.

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