solteiro

Hello, you have come here looking for the meaning of the word solteiro. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word solteiro, but we will also tell you about its etymology, its characteristics and you will know how to say solteiro in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word solteiro you have here. The definition of the word solteiro will help you to be more precise and correct when speaking or writing your texts. Knowing the definition ofsolteiro, as well as those of other words, enriches your vocabulary and provides you with more and better linguistic resources.

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese solteiro, solteyro, from Latin sōlitārius (lonely).

Pronunciation

Adjective

solteiro (feminine solteira, masculine plural solteiros, feminine plural solteiras)

  1. single
  2. unmarried
    A culpa morre solteira (proverb)Blame dies unmarried
    • 1473, A. López Ferreiro, editor, Galicia Histórica. Colección diplomática, Santiago: Tipografía Galaica, page 32:
      digo que eu sendo moço solteiro ouben de lourença albres da fregesia de alba criada que foi do meu señor padre a meu fillo bastardo fernan garçia galego
      I said that when I was an unmarried youngster I had from Lourenza Álvarez, from the parish of Alba, servant of my late father, my bastard son, Fernán García Galego
  3. bachelor (a man who has never married), bachelorette (a woman who has never married)

Antonyms

Noun

solteiro m (plural solteiros, feminine solteira, feminine plural solteiras)

  1. bachelor
    Synonym: mozo solteiro

References

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese solteiro, solteyro, from Latin sōlitārius (lonely). Compare Spanish soltero, Catalan solter. Doublet of solitário. Folk etymology connects it to solto (free, unbound).

Pronunciation

 
 

  • Hyphenation: sol‧tei‧ro

Adjective

solteiro (feminine solteira, masculine plural solteiros, feminine plural solteiras)

  1. single
  2. unmarried
  3. celibate

Noun

solteiro m (plural solteiros, feminine solteira, feminine plural solteiras)

  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)