solteiro

Significado (Inglés)

Adj

1. single
2. unmarried
3. celibate

Noun

1. (masculine) single (one who is not married or does not have a romantic partner)
2. (masculine) bachelor (a man who has never married), bachelorette (a woman who has never married)

Conceptos

soltero

soltera

sencillo

Sinónimos

celibatário

solteira

solteirão

single

Traducciones

célibataire

solter

celibe

bachelor

scapolo

single

nubile

ανύπαντρος

vrijgezel

Junggeselle

ledig

unmarried

alleenstaand

unverheiratet

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/sowˈte(j).ɾu/

Etimología (Inglés)

Heredado de latín: sōlitārius

Cognado con español: soltero

Cognado con catalán: solter

In summary

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”).