querida

Borrowed from Spanish querida.

querida (plural queridas)

1. (US, in Latin-American contexts) darling

   She's my querida.

• IPA^(key): /keˈɾida/ [keˈɾi.ð̞a]
• Rhymes: -ida
• Syllabification: que‧ri‧da

querida f (plural queríes)

1. female equivalent of queríu

querida f sg

1. feminine singular of queríu

Inherited from Spanish querida.

• IPA^(key): /keˈɾida/, [keˈɾi.d̪a]
• Hyphenation: que‧ri‧da

querida (masculine querido)

1. mistress; paramour

querida f sg

1. feminine singular of querido

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• Hyphenation: que‧ri‧da

querida f sg

1. feminine singular of querido

querida f (plural queridas)

1. female equivalent of querido

querida f sg

1. feminine singular of querido

• “querida”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026

From querer. For a similar semantic development, compare Aromanian vrutã.

• IPA^(key): /keˈɾida/ [keˈɾi.ð̞a]
• Rhymes: -ida
• Syllabification: que‧ri‧da

querida f (plural queridas, masculine querido, masculine plural queridos)

1. female equivalent of querido
2. dear, honey, darling
3. mistress

• Chavacano: querida
• → Cebuano: kerida
• → Tagalog: kerida
• → Tausug: kirida

querida f sg

1. feminine singular of querido

querida f sg

1. feminine singular of querido

• “querido”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025