soltero

soltero

1. neuter of solteru

Inherited 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]

• IPA^(key): /solˈteɾo/ [sol̪ˈt̪e.ɾo]
• Rhymes: -eɾo
• Syllabification: sol‧te‧ro

soltero (feminine soltera, masculine plural solteros, feminine plural solteras)

1. single, unmarried

   Antonym: casado

soltero m (plural solteros, feminine soltera, feminine plural solteras)

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)

• soltería
• solterón, solterona

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