Adjective: senhor
Hyphenation:
| Singular m. | senhor |
| Singular f. | senhora |
| Plural m. | senhores |
| Plural f. | senhoras |
Sample Sentences
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E onde foi que você conseguiu esse senhor colchão? Adorei! (And where have you even got that great big mattress from? Loved it! [Literally, “that mister mattress”])
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Olha esse! É um senhor carro, hein? Gosto de sua cor e tamanho. (Looky this! It's such a fine-looking car, huh? I like her color and size.)
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Que vieste fazer em minha casa a essa hora e em companhia desse senhor cão? (What are you doing in my house at this hour, and in the company of that big dog?)
Adjectives inflected like senhor
depurador,
senhor,
polarizador,
emulador,
activador,
ordenador,
agravador,
amansador,
alterador,
retentor,
violador,
furador,
enganador,
apelador,
difamador,
albergador,
viajador,
pacificador,
proibidor,
namorador, etc. (List truncated at 20 adjectives)
Etymology
From senhor 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 Spanish señor (adjective). See: Spanish Adjectives '
señor#Adjective'.
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