señor – Spanish adjective declension

Spanish adjective forms of señor

Adjective: señor

Hyphenation: se‧ñor
Singular m.señor
Singular f.señora
Plural m.señores
Plural f.señoras

Sample Sentences

  • dale un señor golpe (give him a good big whack)
  • Eres muy señor de hacerlo si quieres (You are quite free to do it if you want)

Etymology

From señor in the sense of mister, a title which gives importance to men and signals their social status; from there it was applied to masculine nouns in order to achieve a similar effect with them. Compare Portuguese senhor (adjective). See: Portuguese Adjectives 'senhor#Adjective'.

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