querida

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish querida.

Noun

querida (plural queridas)

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

   She's my querida.

   • 2012, L.A Weatherly [pseudonym; Lee Weatherly], Angel Fire (Angel Trilogy, Book 2, US edition), page 629:

     Seb's expression was gentle. "I don't think his migraines are anything to do with you, querida. [...]"

Asturian

Pronunciation

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

Noun

querida f (plural queríes)

1. female equivalent of queríu

Participle

querida f sg

1. feminine singular of queríu

Chavacano

Etymology

Inherited from Spanish querida.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: que‧ri‧da

Noun

querida (masculine querido)

1. mistress; paramour

Galician

Participle

querida f sg

1. feminine singular of querido

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /keˈɾi.dɐ/, /kiˈɾi.dɐ/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɨˈɾi.dɐ/ [kɨˈɾi.ðɐ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɨˈɾi.dɐ/ [kɨˈɾi.ðɐ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɨˈɾi.dɐ/

• Audio (Portugal (Porto)):

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• Hyphenation: que‧ri‧da

Adjective

querida f sg

1. feminine singular of querido

Noun

querida f (plural queridas)

1. female equivalent of querido

Participle

querida f sg

1. feminine singular of querido

Further reading

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

Spanish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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

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

Descendants

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

Adjective

querida f sg

1. feminine singular of querido

Participle

querida f sg

1. feminine singular of querido

Further reading

• “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