señorito

/seɲoˈɾito/ · B1 · noun · m

person

🎩 señor (sir, lord) + -ito (little) = little lord, the rich man's son

Spanish -ito makes things small, so señorito is literally a little señor. Servants used it for the master's son, and it later came to mean a spoiled young man who acts like he outranks everyone, a snob.

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