soldo

From Italian soldo, from Latin solidum. Doublet of sol, sold, solid, solidus, sou, and xu.

soldo (plural soldi or soldos)

1. (historical) An Italian coin, formerly one-twentieth of a lira.
   • 2006, Thomas Pynchon, Against the Day, Vintage, published 2007, page 647:

     That's twelve soldi. I'd be lucky to get as much as a franc for one painting.

• saltee

• dolos, slood

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ˈsɔl.du]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic, Valencia) [ˈsɔl.do]

soldo

1. first-person singular present indicative of soldar

• IPA^(key): /ˈsoldo/

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• Rhymes: -oldo
• Hyphenation: sol‧do

soldo (accusative singular soldon, plural soldoj, accusative plural soldojn)

1. (military) military pay

   La duaklasa soldato, kiu estas malfeliĉe kun la magra soldo, decidis ne resoldatiĝi.

   The private, unhappy with the meager military pay decided not to reenlist.

From Old Galician-Portuguese soldo, from Late Latin soldus, from Latin solidus (“gold coin”).

soldo m (plural soldos)

1. salary

   Synonyms: haberes, paga, salario, soldada

soldo

1. first-person singular present indicative of soldar

Inherited from Latin soldus, syncope of (nummus) solidus (“solid (coin)”) (referring to the gold content), from Proto-Indo-European *solh₂- (“whole”). Doublet of solido and sodo.

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɔl.do/
• Rhymes: -ɔldo
• Hyphenation: sòl‧do

soldo m (plural soldi)

1. penny, cent
2. (in the plural) money

   Synonym: denaro

• soldato
• soldino

• saldo

soldō

1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of soldus

From Old Galician-Portuguese soldo, from Late Latin soldus, from contraction of Latin solidus (“gold coin”). Doublet of sólido.

• sôldo (pre-reform spelling)

• Hyphenation: sol‧do

soldo m (plural soldos)

1. (historical, numismatics) solidus (late Roman gold coin)
2. (historical, numismatics) a medieval Portuguese coin
3. salary or wage; any payment for a service

   Synonym: salário

4. (Brazil, specifically) military salary

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

• Hyphenation: sol‧do

soldo

1. first-person singular present indicative of soldar