soltero

Meaning

Opposite of
casado
Frequency

B2
Hyphenated as
sol‧te‧ro
Pronounced as (IPA)
/solˈteɾo/
Etymology

In summary

Inherited from Latin sōlitārius (“lonely”). 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”).

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