Señor Definition & Meaning - Spanish

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Synonyms señor American [seyn-yawr, -yohr, seen-, se-nyawr] / seɪnˈyɔr, -ˈyoʊr, sin-, sɛˈnyɔr /

noun

plural

señors,

plural

señores

1. a Spanish term of address equivalent to sir or Mr., used alone or capitalized and prefixed to the name of a man. Sr.

señor British / sɛˈnjɔː, seˈɲor /

noun

1. a Spaniard or Spanish-speaking man: a title of address equivalent to Mr when placed before a name or sir when used alone

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Etymology

Origin of señor

1615–25; < Spanish < Vulgar Latin *senior. See senior

Example Sentences

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Known by several people as “Richard,” “El Señor Richard,” or the “Tiktokquero,” Parias became such a reliable source for news and information for residents that the city gave him official recognition in August for “keeping the South LA community informed empowered and protected.”

From Los Angeles Times

“It’s so sad that Señor Jaime came back in this way,” Zamora said.

From Los Angeles Times

“Now, everyone’s worried that they will deport our relatives. What will we do? There is no work here. Look at what happened to Señor Jaime.”

From Los Angeles Times

There are only three British-trained runners - Ahoy Senor, The Real Whacker and Royale Pagaille - and they are all outsiders.

From BBC

If I close my eyes, I can map their home as it stood in my childhood — the daughters’ bedrooms I would hang out in and watch MTV when mami let me accompany her to work; the laundry room where she ironed the señor’s shirts; the pictures of their daughters when they were bright-faced little girls, the tiny garden house where my sisters and I pretended to be Snow White; their home theater that felt like a museum of cinema.

From Los Angeles Times

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