solteiro

From Old Galician-Portuguese solteiro, solteyro, from Latin sōlitārius (“lonely”).

• IPA^(key): /solˈtejɾo/ [s̺ol̪ˈt̪ej.ɾʊ]
• Rhymes: -ejɾo
• Hyphenation: sol‧tei‧ro

solteiro (feminine solteira, masculine plural solteiros, feminine plural solteiras)

1. single
2. unmarried

   A culpa morre solteira (proverb) ― Blame dies unmarried

   • 1473, A. López Ferreiro, editor, Galicia Histórica. Colección diplomática, Santiago: Tipografía Galaica, page 32:

     digo que eu sendo moço solteiro ouben de lourença albres da fregesia de alba criada que foi do meu señor padre a meu fillo bastardo fernan garçia galego

     I said that when I was an unmarried youngster I had from Lourenza Álvarez, from the parish of Alba, servant of my late father, my bastard son, Fernán García Galego

3. bachelor (a man who has never married), bachelorette (a woman who has never married)

• casado

solteiro m (plural solteiros, feminine solteira, feminine plural solteiras)

1. bachelor

   Synonym: mozo solteiro

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “solteiro”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “solteiro”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “solteiro”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “solteiro”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “solteiro”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

• “solteiro”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025
• “solteiro” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).

From Old Galician-Portuguese solteiro, solteyro, from Latin sōlitārius (“lonely”). Compare Spanish soltero, Catalan solter. Doublet of solitário. Folk etymology connects it to solto (“free, unbound”).

• Hyphenation: sol‧tei‧ro

solteiro (feminine solteira, masculine plural solteiros, feminine plural solteiras)

1. single
2. unmarried
3. celibate

solteiro m (plural solteiros, feminine solteira, feminine plural solteiras)

1. single (one who is not married or does not have a romantic partner)
2. bachelor (a man who has never married), bachelorette (a woman who has never married)

• despedida de solteiro