soltero
See also: Soltero
Asturian
Adjective
soltero
- neuter of solteru
Spanish
Etymology
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)
- single, unmarried
- Antonym: casado
Noun
soltero m (plural solteros, feminine soltera, feminine plural solteras)
- single (one who is not married or does not have a romantic partner)
- bachelor (a man who has never married), bachelorette (an woman who has never married)
Derived terms
- despedida de soltero
Related terms
- soltería
- solterón, solterona
References
- “soltero”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
- (please provide the title of the work), accessed 8 June 2016, archived from the original on 2016-07-30
Further reading
- “soltero”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014