mayora

Spanish

Etymology

From mayor.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (everywhere but Argentina and Uruguay) /maˈʝoɾa/ [maˈʝo.ɾa]
IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /maˈʃoɾa/ [maˈʃo.ɾa]
IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /maˈʒoɾa/ [maˈʒo.ɾa]

Rhymes: -oɾa
Syllabification: ma‧yo‧ra

Noun

mayora f (plural mayoras)

(Mexico) an elderly female cook, who may work in a commercial kitchen but typically does not have formal training

See also

cocinera f

Further reading

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

Tagalog

Etymology

Pseudo-Hispanism, derived from English mayor with semantic loan from English mayoress, influenced in spelling by loanwords like doktor~doktora or pastor~pastora.

Pronunciation

(Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /maˈjoɾa/ [mɐˈjo.ɾɐ]
Rhymes: -oɾa
Syllabification: ma‧yo‧ra

Noun

mayora (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜌᜓᜇ)

(colloquial) mayoress of a city or municipality/town
Synonym: alkaldesa

Coordinate term: mayor

Related terms

yorme

Further reading

“mayora” in Tagalog.com.

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