soltar

Catalan

Etymology

From solt +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central)
• IPA^(key): (Balearic)
• IPA^(key): (Valencian)

Verb

soltar (first-person singular present solto, first-person singular preterite soltí, past participle soltat); root stress: (Central, Valencian, Balearic) /ɔ/

1. (transitive) to release, free

   Synonyms: deslligar, alliberar, afluixar

2. (transitive) to resolve

   Synonym: resoldre

Conjugation

Related terms

• solta

Further reading

• “soltar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese soltar; from solto +‎ -ar or alternatively from Vulgar Latin *soltāre (a root) < *solutāre, as a frequentative of Latin solvere.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /solˈtaɾ/

Verb

soltar (first-person singular present solto, first-person singular preterite soltei, past participle soltado)

1. to loose

   Synonym: ceibar

2. to release, free

   Synonym: ceibar

   • 1423, X. Ferro Couselo, editor, A vida e a fala dos devanceiros, Vigo: Galaxia, page 122:

     Et damos suas exçepçoes et defensoes do dito Johán Ferrandes por ben prouadas et dámoslo por liure et quito da dita querela et acusaçón que dél ante nos deu et denunciou a dita Tereyja Sanches et da dita morte do dito Gonçaluo Ferrandes a él et a seus carçereyros, et mandamos lo soltar da dita cadea e prijón

     And we sentence as well proved the exceptions and defences of said Xoán Fernández, and we sentence him free and removed of said complaint and accusation that about him before us denounced said Tereixa Sánchez, and of said death of said Gonzalo Fernández on him and his wardens, and we order to release him of said chain and prison

3. (archaic) to solve, interpret
   • 1370, R. Lorenzo, editor, Crónica troiana, A Coruña: Fundación Barrié, page 737:

     Et fezo logo ajuntar a hũ lugar tódoslos adeuinadores do rreyno et tódoslos outros que sabíã soltar soños.

     And he made to gather together every seer of the realm and every other one who knows how to interpret dreams

4. (archaic) to absolve

Conjugation

Derived terms

• solta

Related terms

• solto

References

• “soltar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
• “solt” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• “soltar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “soltar” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.
• “soltar” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “soltar” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).
• “soltar” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Portuguese

Etymology

From solto +‎ -ar or alternatively from Vulgar Latin *soltāre (a root) < *solutāre, as a frequentative of Latin solvere.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: sol‧tar

Verb

soltar (first-person singular present solto, first-person singular preterite soltei, past participle soltado, short past participle solto)

1. to release, to let go
   • 2018, “Solto”, performed by Djonga:

     Tira a mão de mim, quero te soltar / Vou fazer assim que é pra eu não te machucar / Vida tá corrida e eu nem tô na de te escutar / Te prometi o mundo, e adivinha, eu nem vou te dar

     Let go of my hand, I wanna let you go / I'ma do this lest I hurt you / Life's busy and I ain't even listening to you / I promised you the world, and guess what? I ain't even gonna give you it

Conjugation

Related terms

• solto
• solver

Spanish

Etymology

From suelto +‎ -ar (with -ue- becoming -o- due to destressing of that syllable), or alternatively from a Vulgar Latin *soltāre (a root), from *solutāre, as a frequentative of Latin solvere.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /solˈtaɾ/
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: sol‧tar

Verb

soltar (first-person singular present suelto, first-person singular preterite solté, past participle soltado)

1. to release
2. to let go
3. to let loose (release from restraint)
4. to give (a hit)

Conjugation

Derived terms

Related terms

Further reading

• “soltar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014