dueña
See also: Düna and ďünă
Spanish
Etymology
From Late Latin domna, shortened variant of Latin domina. Doublet of dama.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈdweɲa/ [ˈd̪we.ɲa]
- Rhymes: -eɲa
- Syllabification: due‧ña
Noun
dueña f (plural dueñas)
- female equivalent of dueño, owner
- mistress
Related terms
- doña
Descendants
- Italian: gna
Further reading
- “dueño”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014