senhor – Portuguese noun declension

Portuguese noun forms of senhor

Noun: senhor
Gender: m Hyphenation:
Singular msenhor
Singular fsenhora
Plural msenhores
Plural fsenhoras

Sample Sentences

  • Há um senhor à sua procura. (There's a man is looking for you.)
  • Esse homem é um senhor. (That man is gentleman.)
  • Senhoras e senhores, vos apresento a primeira atração da noite! (Ladies and gentlemen, I present you this night's first attraction!)
  • O cinema estava cheio de senhores. (The film theatre was full of old men.)
  • Dei o livro ao Senhor João. (I gave the book to Mister John.)
  • Não irei, senhor. (I won’t go, sir.)
  • Sim, senhor! (Yes, sir!)
  • O senhor ordenou a construção de uma fossa. (The lord ordered the construction of a moat.)
  • Escravos devem obedecer aos seus senhores. (Slaves must obey their masters.)
  • Os escravizados frequentemente revoltavam-se contra seus senhores. (The enslaved used to frequently revolt against their masters.)

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese senhor m or f, from Latin senior, seniōrem (“older (one)”, “elder (one)”, used as a title of respect in Medieval Latin), the comparative of senex (“old”), from Proto-Indo-European *sénos (“old”). Doublet of sénior /sênior. Compare Occitan senhor, sénher, signour, Spanish and Galician señor. See: Old Portuguese Nouns 'senhor', Old Portuguese Nouns 'senhor'.

Verbs referencing "senhor"

Galician Nouns señor, English Nouns senhor, Dutch Nouns sinjo.

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