soldado

English

Etymology

Spanish soldado

Noun

soldado (plural soldados or soldadoes)

1. A soldier, in Spanish-speaking contexts.

Anagrams

• laddoos

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Eastern Huasteca Nahuatl

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish soldado

Noun

soldado

1. soldier

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Esperanto

Noun

soldado (accusative singular soldadon, plural soldadoj, accusative plural soldadojn)

1. Misspelling of soldato.

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Galician

Etymology

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”).

Noun

soldado m (plural soldados)

1. soldier

Synonyms

• militar

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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”).

Compare Spanish soldado, Italian soldato, French soldat.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /soɫ.ˈda.ðu/
• IPA^(key): /sow.ˈda.du/
• Hyphenation: sol‧da‧do

Noun

1. (military) soldier (member of an army)
2. (figurative) soldier; warrior (person who fights for a cause)

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

• → Indonesian: serdadu
• → Sinhalese: සොල්දාදුවා (soldāduwā)

Etymology 2

Past participle of soldar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sɔɫ.ˈda.ðu/
• IPA^(key): /sow.ˈda.du/
• Hyphenation: sol‧da‧do

Adjective

1. soldered (joined together by soldering)

Verb

1. Template:pt-verb-form-of

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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”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /solˈdado/ [sol̪ˈd̪a.ð̞o]
• Hyphenation: sol‧da‧do

Noun

soldado m or f (plural soldados, feminine soldada, feminine plural soldadas)

1. soldier

   Synonyms: milico, militar

Derived terms

• niño soldado
• soldadesco

 

Descendants

• → Basque: soldadu
• → Chamicuro: soltalo
• → Eastern Huasteca Nahuatl: soldado
• → English: soldado
• → Navajo: siláo
• → San Juan Colorado Mixtec: jandaru

Etymology 2

Verb

1. Template:es-verb form of/participle soldar.