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Is señorito a real spanish word?

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Ok, so señorita is an unmarried or young woman, does it have a male counterpart or are all males señores?

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updated JUL 11, 2010
posted by coleraney

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According to my Mexican friends, it is a pejorative slang word for transvestite.

updated JUL 11, 2010
posted by lorenzo9
Oops...won't be using that word! - --Mariana--, OCT 1, 2009
What do you mean, 'Oops' ... you make it sound like you have used it a hundred times! And we all know Marianne only uses ameliorative slang! - LateToDinner, JUL 11, 2010
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señorito, ta.

(Del dim. de señor).

  • m. y f. Hijo de un señor o de persona de representación.

  • m. y f. coloq. Amo, con respecto a los criados.

  • m. coloq. Joven acomodado y ocioso.

  • f. Término de cortesía que se aplica a la mujer soltera.

  • f. Tratamiento de cortesía que se da a maestras de escuela, profesoras, o también a otras muchas mujeres que desempeñan algún servicio, como secretarias, empleadas de la administración o del comercio, etc.

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updated OCT 1, 2009
edited by 0074b507
posted by 0074b507
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Here it being used in a specific context, Father to son.

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updated OCT 3, 2009
edited by 002262dd
posted by 002262dd
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I confess that I have never used such a word "señorito".

updated OCT 1, 2009
posted by RicardoP
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So it is? Sweet, now is it used very often?

updated SEP 30, 2009
posted by coleraney
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se trata con un menor de edad, masculino.

updated SEP 30, 2009
posted by 002262dd
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