suelto

• IPA^(key): /ˈswelto/ [ˈswel̪.t̪o]

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• Rhymes: -elto
• Syllabification: suel‧to

Inherited from Old Spanish suelto, from Vulgar Latin *soltus, from Latin solūtus, perfect passive participle of solvō (“to loosen”). Compare English solute. Doublet of soluto.

suelto (feminine suelta, masculine plural sueltos, feminine plural sueltas)

1. free, loose, undone
2. isolated, separate
3. free, agile, fluent
4. (of hair) shaggy
5. (informal, derogatory, of a person) easy (consenting readily to sex)

   Synonym: fácil

suelto m (plural sueltos)

1. loose change

   Synonym: cambio

suelto (feminine suelta, masculine plural sueltos, feminine plural sueltas)

1. past participle of solver

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

suelto

1. first-person singular present indicative of soltar

• “suelto”, 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
• “suelto”, in Diccionario de americanismos [Dictionary of Americanisms] (in Spanish), Association of Academies of the Spanish Language [Spanish: Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española], 2010
• Manuel Seco, Olimpia Andrés, Gabino Ramos (3 August 2023) “suelto”, in Diccionario del español actual [Dictionary of Current Spanish] (in Spanish), third digital edition, Fundación BBVA [BBVA Foundation]
• “suelto”, in Diccionario del español de México, Segunda edición, Academia Mexicana de la Lengua, 2019
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