gobernadora
English
Etymology
From Spanish.
Noun
gobernadora (plural gobernadoras)
- A female governor in Spanish-speaking regions.
- 1868, The Edinburgh Review
- […] the inquisitor of Valladolid advanced to the royal platform and demanded that the young Prince and Dona Juana, the gobernadora, should swear […]
- 1941, Hans Christian Adamson, Lands of new world neighbors:
- When the news of Alvarado's death reached his widow in Guatemala, she called all the alcaldes and regidores to the palace and proclaimed herself gobernadora […]
- 2007 January 14, Maggie Galehouse, “Conquer and Convert”, in New York Times:
- Not terribly conflicted by the part she must play, she seems beyond reproach, as effective and inscrutable in battle as she is as a gobernadora.
- 1868, The Edinburgh Review
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡobeɾnaˈdoɾa/ [ɡo.β̞eɾ.naˈð̞o.ɾa]
Audio (Argentina) (file) - Rhymes: -oɾa
- Syllabification: go‧ber‧na‧do‧ra
Noun
gobernadora f (plural gobernadoras)
- female equivalent of gobernador (“governor”)
- creosote bush (Larrea tridentata)
- Synonym: hediondilla
Adjective
gobernadora
- feminine singular of gobernador
Further reading
- “gobernador”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Tagalog
Alternative forms
- gubernadora
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish gobernadora.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: go‧ber‧na‧do‧ra
- IPA(key): /ɡobeɾnaˈdoɾa/, [ɡo.beɾ.nɐˈdo.ɾɐ]
Noun
gobernadora
- feminine of gobernador: female governor
- wife of a governor
Related terms
- gobyerno