gobernadora

English

Etymology

From Spanish.

Noun

gobernadora (plural gobernadoras)

1. 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^[1]:

     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.

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡobeɾnaˈdoɾa/ [ɡo.β̞eɾ.naˈð̞o.ɾa]

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• Rhymes: -oɾa
• Syllabification: go‧ber‧na‧do‧ra

Noun

gobernadora f (plural gobernadoras)

1. female equivalent of gobernador (“governor”)
2. creosote bush (Larrea tridentata)

   Synonym: hediondilla

Adjective

gobernadora

1. feminine singular of gobernador

Further reading

• “gobernador”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• gubernadora

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish gobernadora.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ɡobeɾnaˈdoɾa/ [ɡo.bɛɾ.n̪ɐˈd̪oː.ɾɐ]
• Rhymes: -oɾa
• Syllabification: go‧ber‧na‧do‧ra

Noun

gobernadora (Baybayin spelling ᜄᜓᜊᜒᜇ᜔ᜈᜇᜓᜇ)

1. female equivalent of gobernador: female governor
2. wife of a governor

Related terms

• gobyerno