solvo

Meaning

1. (conjugation-3) to loosen, untie, undo; free [up], release, acquit, exempt
2. (conjugation-3) to solve, explain
3. (conjugation-3) to dissolve, break up, separate
4. (conjugation-3) to relax, slacken, weaken
5. (conjugation-3) to cancel, remove, destroy
6. (conjugation-3) to pay up, fulfil
7. (conjugation-3) to undermine
8. (conjugation-3, figuratively) (emotion, feelings) to get rid of, let go of, release, dismiss, loosen
9. (conjugation-3) to let down (hair)
10. (conjugation-3) to open (a letter)
11. (conjugation-3) to unfurl
12. (conjugation-3) to raise (a siege)
13. (conjugation-3) to dismiss (troops)
14. (conjugation-3) to set sail

Concepts

free

🆓

release

dissolve

untie

unloose

loosen

break up

break

pay

💸

Opposite of

ligō, colligō, illigō, cōnserō, cōnfīgō, adalligō, alligō, dēligō, nectō, cōnectō, dēfīgō, fīgō

Synonyms

defungor

persolvo

absolvo

Translations

αβίαστος

libera

livre

🆓

franc

🆓

payer

💸

zahlen

💸

pagar

💸

διαλύομαι

αίρω

défaire

détacher

bezahlen

💸

πληρώνω

ελευθερώνω

Pronounced as (IPA)

[ˈsɔɫ.woː]

Etymology

From se- (“away”) + luō (“to untie, set free, separate”).