soltero

See also: Soltero

Asturian

Adjective

soltero

  1. neuter of solteru

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Latin sōlitārius (“lonely”).[1] Compare Portuguese solteiro, Catalan solter. See also the borrowed doublet solitario. Another theory, perhaps less likely, derives it from suelto, from Latin solutus (“unbound, released, free, at large”).[2]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /solˈteɾo/ [sol̪ˈt̪e.ɾo]
  • Rhymes: -eɾo
  • Syllabification: sol‧te‧ro

Adjective

soltero (feminine soltera, masculine plural solteros, feminine plural solteras)

  1. single, unmarried
    Antonym: casado

Noun

soltero m (plural solteros, feminine soltera, feminine plural solteras)

  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)

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ “soltero”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024
  2. ^ (Please provide the book title or journal name)‎[1], 8 June 2016 (last accessed), archived from the original on 30 July 2016

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