soldado
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish soldado.
Noun
soldado (plural soldados or soldadoes)
- A soldier, in Spanish-speaking contexts.
Anagrams
- laddoos
Bikol Central
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish soldado.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: sol‧da‧do
- IPA(key): /solˈdado/
Noun
soldado (plural soldados)
- soldier
Related terms
- admiral
- heneral
- kabo
- korporal
- sarhento
Eastern Huasteca Nahuatl
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish soldado.
Noun
soldado
- soldier
Esperanto
Noun
soldado (accusative singular soldadon, plural soldadoj, accusative plural soldadojn)
- Misspelling of soldato.
Galician
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Etymology 1
From Old Galician and Old Portuguese soldado, corresponding to soldo (“military salary”) + -ado. Perhaps a calque or imitation of Italian soldato, from the past participle of soldare, from soldo (“money, military pay”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [solˈdaðʊ]
Adjective
soldado m (feminine singular soldada, masculine plural soldados, feminine plural soldadas)
- (archaic) salaried, hired
- 1473, López Ferreiro, Antonio (ed.): Galicia Histórica. Colección diplomática. Santiago: Tipografía Galaica, page 30:
- con o permiso do noso Rey lebantou a terra as santas hirmandades das cibdades e vilas pagando cada hua seys omes soldados de a cabalo para conter e acudir ao remedio de tantos males
- with the permission of our King, the Holly Brotherhoods of cities and towns raised the country, paying each one six hired mounted men for counter and solve so many wrongs
- con o permiso do noso Rey lebantou a terra as santas hirmandades das cibdades e vilas pagando cada hua seys omes soldados de a cabalo para conter e acudir ao remedio de tantos males
- 1473, López Ferreiro, Antonio (ed.): Galicia Histórica. Colección diplomática. Santiago: Tipografía Galaica, page 30:
Noun
soldado m (plural soldados)
- soldier
- c1596, anonymous, Diálogo de Alberte e Bieito:
- De soldados os camiños enpachados, furtando carros e bestas, queimando caniços e zestas
- Of soldiers the roads are stuffed, stealing carts and mares, burning wattles and baskets
- De soldados os camiños enpachados, furtando carros e bestas, queimando caniços e zestas
- Synonym: militar
- c1596, anonymous, Diálogo de Alberte e Bieito:
- private
Etymology 2
From Old Galician and Old Portuguese soldado (“mended”), from soldar (“to weld; to mend”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [solˈdaðʊ]
Verb
soldado m (feminine singular soldada, masculine plural soldados, feminine plural soldadas)
- masculine singular past participle of soldar
Adjective
soldado m (feminine singular soldada, masculine plural soldados, feminine plural soldadas)
- soldered, welded
- (of bones) mended
References
- “soldado” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
- “soldado” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
- “soldado” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “soldado” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “soldado” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
Hiligaynon
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish soldado.
Noun
soldado
- soldier
Ilocano
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish soldado.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: sol‧da‧do
- IPA(key): /solˈdado/, [solˈda.do]
Noun
soldado
- soldier
Portuguese
Etymology 1
From Old Portuguese soldado, corresponding to soldo (“military salary”) + -ado. A calque or imitation of Italian soldato, from the past participle of soldare, from soldo (“money, military pay”)[1].
Compare Spanish soldado, Italian soldato, French soldat.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /sowˈda.du/ [soʊ̯ˈda.du]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /sowˈda.do/ [soʊ̯ˈda.do]
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /solˈda.du/ [soɫˈda.ðu], /sɔlˈda.du/ [sɔɫˈda.ðu]
- Hyphenation: sol‧da‧do
Noun
soldado m or f by sense or (see usage notes) m (plural soldados, feminine soldada, feminine plural soldadas)
- (military) soldier (member of an army)
- (figurative) soldier; warrior (person who fights for a cause)
Usage notes
There are different approaches to the gender of this word:
- soldado as an epicene noun: masculine when referring to a male soldier and feminine when referring to a female soldier;
- soldado as a masculine noun, used for male and female soldiers;
- soldado m for male soldiers and soldada f for female soldiers.
Derived terms
- soldadinho (diminutive)
- soldadão (augmentative)
- soldadesco
Descendants
- → Malay: serdadu
- → Indonesian: serdadu
- → Sinhalese: සොල්දාදුවා (soldāduwā)
Etymology 2
Past participle of soldar.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /sowˈda.du/ [soʊ̯ˈda.du]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /sowˈda.do/ [soʊ̯ˈda.do]
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /solˈda.du/ [soɫˈda.ðu], /sɔlˈda.du/ [sɔɫˈda.ðu]
- Hyphenation: sol‧da‧do
Adjective
soldado (feminine soldada, masculine plural soldados, feminine plural soldadas)
- soldered (joined together by soldering)
Participle
soldado (feminine soldada, masculine plural soldados, feminine plural soldadas)
- past participle of soldar
References
- http://www.aulete.com.br/soldado
Spanish
Etymology 1
A derivative of sueldo (“military salary”) + -ado; compare Portuguese soldado, Italian soldato, French soldat. A calque or imitation of Italian soldato, from the past participle of soldare, from soldo (“money, military pay”)[1].
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /solˈdado/ [sol̪ˈd̪a.ð̞o]
- Rhymes: -ado
- Syllabification: sol‧da‧do
Noun
soldado m (plural soldados, feminine soldada, feminine plural soldadas)
- soldier
- Synonyms: milico, militar
Derived terms
- niño soldado
- soldadesco
- soldado raso
Descendants
- → Basque: soldadu
- → Cebuano: sundalo
- → Chamicuro: soltalo
- → Chayuco Mixtec: zandaru
- → Eastern Huasteca Nahuatl: soldado
- → English: soldado
- → Ilocano: soldado
- → Navajo: siláo
- → San Juan Colorado Mixtec: jandaru
- → Tataltepec Chatino: stadu, staru
- → Tagalog: sundalo
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Participle
soldado (feminine soldada, masculine plural soldados, feminine plural soldadas)
- past participle of soldar
References
- Joan Coromines; José A. Pascual (1983–1991) Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos
Further reading
- “soldado”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014