soldado

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish soldado.

Noun

soldado (plural soldados or soldadoes)

1. A soldier, in Spanish-speaking contexts.

Anagrams

• laddoos

Bikol Central

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish soldado.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

soldado (plural soldados, Basahan spelling ᜐᜓᜎ᜔ᜇᜇᜓ)

1. soldier

Related terms

• admiral
• heneral
• kabo
• korporal
• sarhento

 

Eastern Huasteca Nahuatl

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish soldado.

Noun

soldado

1. soldier

Esperanto

Noun

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

1. Misspelling of soldato.

Galician

Representation of soldiers, Retablo de Belvís, 14th century

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)

1. (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

Noun

soldado m (plural soldados)

1. soldier

   Synonym: militar

   • c. 1596, anonymous author, Diálogo de Alberte e Bieito:

     De soldados os camiños enpachados, furtando carros e bestas, queimando caniços e zestas

     Of soldiers the roads are stuffed, stealing carts and mares, burning wattles and baskets

2. private

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)

1. past participle of soldar

Adjective

soldado (feminine soldada, masculine plural soldados, feminine plural soldadas)

1. soldered, welded
2. (of bones) mended

References

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “soldado”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “soldado”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “soldado”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “soldado”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “soldado”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Hiligaynon

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish soldado.

Noun

soldado

1. soldier

Ilocano

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish soldado.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

soldado

1. soldier

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

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /sowˈda.du/ [soʊ̯ˈda.du]

• (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)

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

• → 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]

• (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)

1. soldered (joined together by soldering)

Participle

soldado (feminine soldada, masculine plural soldados, feminine plural soldadas)

1. past participle of soldar

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]

• Audio (Colombia):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ado
• Syllabification: sol‧da‧do

Noun

soldado m or f by sense (plural soldados)

1. soldier

   Synonyms: milico, militar

Derived terms

• gusano soldado
• mosca soldado
• niño soldado
• soldadesco
• soldado raso

 

Descendants

• > Chavacano: soldao (inherited)
• → Basque: soldadu
• → Cebuano: sundalo
• → Chamicuro: soltalo
• → Chayuco Mixtec: zandaru
• → Eastern Huasteca Nahuatl: soldado
• → English: soldado
• → Ilocano: soldado
• → Maguindanao: sundalu
• → Navajo: siláo
• → San Juan Colorado Mixtec: jandaru
• → Tataltepec Chatino: stadu, staru
• → Tagalog: sundalo

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Participle

soldado (feminine soldada, masculine plural soldados, feminine plural soldadas)

1. past participle of soldar

Further reading

• “soldado”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28