doncella
Meanings
Noun
1. maid, maiden, damsel (girl or an unmarried young woman)
2. abigail, lady's maid (female servant employed by an upper-class woman to attend to her personal needs)
3. Mediterranean rainbow wrasse (Coris julis)
Examples5
¡Qué doncella tan linda!
What a pretty girl!
La doncella sirvió el té.
The maid served the tea.
El amor de una doncella es poesía; el de una mujer madura, filosofía.
The love of a young maiden is a poem. The love of an old maid is philosophy.
¿Conoces a aquella hermosa doncella montesa?
Do you know the name of that beautiful mountain maid?
¡He aquí! El alma triste, todo por el amor de una doncella.
Lo! The sad soul, all because of a damsel's love.