soldado
English
    
    
Anagrams
    
Bikol Central
    
    
Pronunciation
    
- IPA(key): /solˈdado/, [sol̪ˈd̪a.d̪o]
 - Hyphenation: sol‧da‧do
 
Esperanto
    
 
    
Galician
    

Etymology 1
    
From Old Galician-Portuguese soldado, corresponding to soldo (“military salary”) + -ado. Perhaps a calque or imitation of Italian soldato, from the past participle of soldare, from soldo (“money, military pay”).
Pronunciation
    
- IPA(key): [solˈdaðʊ]
 
Adjective
    
soldado (feminine soldada, masculine plural soldados, feminine plural soldadas)
- (archaic) salaried, hired
- 1473, López Ferreiro, Antonio (ed.): Galicia Histórica. Colección diplomática. Santiago: Tipografía Galaica, page 30:
- con o permiso do noso Rey lebantou a terra as santas hirmandades das cibdades e vilas pagando cada hua seys omes soldados de a cabalo para conter e acudir ao remedio de tantos males
- with the permission of our King, the Holly Brotherhoods of cities and towns raised the country, paying each one six hired mounted men for counter and solve so many wrongs
 
 
 
 - 1473, López Ferreiro, Antonio (ed.): Galicia Histórica. Colección diplomática. Santiago: Tipografía Galaica, page 30:
 
Noun
    
soldado m (plural soldados)
Etymology 2
    
From Old Galician-Portuguese soldado (“mended”), from soldar (“to weld; to mend”).
Pronunciation
    
- IPA(key): [solˈdaðʊ]
 
Participle
    
soldado (feminine soldada, masculine plural soldados, feminine plural soldadas)
- past participle of soldar
 
References
    
- “soldado” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
 - “soldado” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
 - “soldado” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
 - “soldado” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
 - “soldado” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
 
Ilocano
    
    
Pronunciation
    
- IPA(key): /solˈdado/, [solˈda.do]
 - Hyphenation: sol‧da‧do
 
Portuguese
    
    Etymology 1
    
From Old Galician-Portuguese soldado, corresponding to soldo (“military salary”) + -ado. A calque or imitation of Italian soldato, from the past participle of soldare, from soldo (“money, military pay”).[1]
Pronunciation
    
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /sowˈda.du/ [soʊ̯ˈda.du]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /sowˈda.do/ [soʊ̯ˈda.do]
 
 
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /solˈda.du/ [soɫˈda.ðu], /sɔlˈda.du/ [sɔɫˈda.ðu]
 
- Hyphenation: sol‧da‧do
 
Noun
    
soldado m or f by sense or (see usage notes) m (plural soldados, feminine soldada, feminine plural soldadas)
Usage notes
    
There are different approaches to the gender of this word:
- soldado as an epicene noun: masculine when referring to a male soldier and feminine when referring to a female soldier;
 - soldado as a masculine noun, used for male and female soldiers;
 - soldado m for male soldiers and soldada f for female soldiers.
 
Derived terms
    
- soldadinho (diminutive)
 - soldadão (augmentative)
 - soldadesco
 
Descendants
    
- → Malay: serdadu
- > Indonesian: serdadu (inherited)
 - → Javanese: ꦱꦫꦝꦝꦸ (saradhadhu)
 - → Petjo: serdadoe, soldadoe
 
 - → Sinhalese: සොල්දාදුවා (soldāduwā)
 
Etymology 2
    
Past participle of soldar.
Pronunciation
    
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /sowˈda.du/ [soʊ̯ˈda.du]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /sowˈda.do/ [soʊ̯ˈda.do]
 
 
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /solˈda.du/ [soɫˈda.ðu], /sɔlˈda.du/ [sɔɫˈda.ðu]
 
- Hyphenation: sol‧da‧do
 
Adjective
    
soldado (feminine soldada, masculine plural soldados, feminine plural soldadas)
- soldered (joined together by soldering)
 
Participle
    
soldado (feminine soldada, masculine plural soldados, feminine plural soldadas)
- past participle of soldar
 
References
    
Spanish
    
    Etymology 1
    
A derivative of sueldo (“military salary”) + -ado; compare Portuguese soldado, Italian soldato, French soldat. A calque or imitation of Italian soldato, from the past participle of soldare, from soldo (“money, military pay”).[1]
Pronunciation
    
- IPA(key): /solˈdado/ [sol̪ˈd̪a.ð̞o]
 Audio (Colombia): (file) - Rhymes: -ado
 - Syllabification: sol‧da‧do
 
Descendants
    
Etymology 2
    
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Participle
    
soldado (feminine soldada, masculine plural soldados, feminine plural soldadas)
- past participle of soldar
 
References
    
- Joan Coromines, José A. Pascual (1983–1991) Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos
 
Further reading
    
- “soldado”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014