solo

See also Solo, and sólo

English

Noun

solo (plural solos)

1. (music) A piece of music for one performer.
2. A job or performance done by one person alone.
3. A card game similar to whist in which each player plays against the others in turn without a partner.
4. A single shot of espresso.

Coordinate terms

• (coffee): doppio, triplo (rare)

Translations

piece of music for one

Armenian: մեներգ (hy) (menerg) Chinese: Mandarin: 獨奏 (cmn), 独奏 (cmn) (dúzòu), 獨唱 (zh), 独唱 (zh) (dúchàn) Dutch: solo (nl) Finnish: soolo (fi) French: solo (fr) m. German: Solo (de) n.

Greek: σόλο (el) (sólo) n. Irish: aonréad (ga) m. Italian: assolo (it) m., solo (it) m. Japanese: ソロ (ja) (soro), 独奏 (ja) (どくそう, dokushō), 独唱 (ja) (どくしょう, dokushō) Russian: соло (ru) (sólo) n. Spanish: solo (es) m. Swedish: solo (sv) n.

job or performance done by one person

Chinese: Mandarin: no corresponding word known Dutch: solo (nl) Finnish: soolo (fi) French: solo (fr) m.

German: Solo (de) n. Greek: σόλο (el) (sólo) n. Italian: in solitaria, da solo Spanish: solista (es) m. and f. Swedish: solo (sv) n.

card game

Chinese: Mandarin: 惠斯特紙牌戲 (cmn), 惠斯特纸牌戏 (cmn) (huìsītè zhǐpáixì) Dutch: please add this translation if you can Finnish: soolo (fi)

French: please add this translation if you can German: Solo (de) n. Italian: solitario (it) m. Spanish: please add this translation if you can

Adjective

solo (comparative more solo, superlative most solo)

1. Without a companion or instructor.
2. Of, or relating to, a musical solo.

Translations

without a companion or instructor

Chinese: Mandarin: 單 (cmn), 单 (cmn) (dān), 獨自的 (cmn), 独自的 (cmn) (dúzì de), 單獨的 (cmn), 单独的 (cmn) (dāndú de) Dutch: alleen (nl) French: solo (fr)

German: einzeln (de) Italian: solitario (it), solo (it) Spanish: solo (es) Swedish: solo (sv), ensam (sv)

of a musical solo

Chinese: Mandarin: 獨唱 (cmn), 独唱 (cmn) (dúchàng) Dutch: please add this translation if you can French: please add this translation if you can German: solo (de)

Italian: solista, da solista, per solista Russian: соло (ru) (sólo) Spanish: solo (es) m. Swedish: solo (sv)

Verb

solo (third-person singular simple present soloes, present participle soloing, simple past and past participle soloed)

1. To perform a solo.
2. To perform something in the absence of anyone else.

Translations

to perform a solo

Chinese: Mandarin: no corresponding word known Dutch: een solo spelen (nl) French: please add this translation if you can

German: ein Solo spielen (de) Italian: fare un assolo (it) Spanish: please add this translation if you can

to perform something in the absence of anyone else

Chinese: Mandarin: no corresponding word known Dutch: solo (nl) French: please add this translation if you can

German: allein machen (de) Italian: volare da solo (it) Spanish: please add this translation if you can

Derived terms

• soloist

Related terms

• solitaire

Anagrams

• loos, Oslo

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Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈso.lo/

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• Rhymes: -olo
• Hyphenation: só‧lo

Etymology 1

From Latin sōlus.

Adjective

solo m. (f. sola, m plural soli, f plural sole)

1. alone, by oneself, unattended, unaccompanied, lonely, lone, lonesome
2. only, single, just one, unique, sole
3. (music) solo

Synonyms

• (alone): solitario
• (unique): unico
• (musical): assolo

Coordinate terms

• (single): doppio, triplo

Etymology 2

From Latin sōlum.

Adverb

solo

1. only, just, but, alone, merely

   solo una volta - just once, only once

   ha solo quattro anni - he's just four

Synonyms

• solamente
• soltanto

Conjunction

solo

1. (followed by che) but, only
2. (preceded and followed by se) if only

Synonyms

• ma (1)
• però (1)

Noun

solo m. (plural soli) feminine sola

1. the only one, the only man

Synonyms

• unico

Related terms

• soliloquio
• solingo
• solino
• solipede
• solipsismo
• solista
• solitario
• solitudine

Anagrams

• Oslo

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Latin

Adjective

sōlō

1. dative masculine singular of sōlus
2. dative neuter singular of sōlus
3. ablative masculine singular of sōlus
4. ablative neuter singular of sōlus

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Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin solum (“soil, ground”).

Noun

solo m.

1. soil, ground
2. solo

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Spanish

Etymology 1

From Latin sōlus (“alone, sole, only”).

Adjective

solo m. (feminine sola, masculine plural solos, feminine plural solas)

1. sole, only, unique, single
2. lonely, lonesome
3. alone, by oneself

See also

• solitario
• soledad

Etymology 2

From Latin sōlum.

Adverb

solo

1. only, solely, just

   Solo quiero salir.

   I just want to leave.

Alternative forms

• sólo

Synonyms

• solamente
• únicamente