dueña

See also: Düna and ďünă

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited 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
→ Russian: дуэ́нья (duénʹja)
→ Ukrainian: дуе́нья (duénʹja)

Further reading

“dueño”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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