# solteiro
## Galician
### Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese solteiro, solteyro, from Latin sōlitārius (“lonely”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /solˈtejɾo/ [s̺ol̪ˈt̪ej.ɾʊ]
* Rhymes: -ejɾo
* Hyphenation: sol‧tei‧ro

### Adjective

solteiro (feminine solteira, masculine plural solteiros, feminine plural solteiras)
* single
* unmarried
    A culpa morre solteira (proverb) ― Blame dies unmarried
** 1473, A. López Ferreiro, editor, Galicia Histórica. Colección diplomática, Santiago: Tipografía Galaica, page 32:digo que eu sendo moço solteiro ouben de lourença albres da fregesia de alba criada que foi do meu señor padre a meu fillo bastardo fernan garçia galegoI said that when I was an unmarried youngster I had from Lourenza Álvarez, from the parish of Alba, servant of my late father, my bastard son, Fernán García Galego
* bachelor (a man who has never married), bachelorette (a woman who has never married)

#### Antonyms

* casado

### Noun

solteiro m (plural solteiros, feminine solteira, feminine plural solteiras)
* bachelor
    Synonym: mozo solteiro

### References

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

### Further reading

* “solteiro”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025
* “solteiro” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).

## Portuguese
### Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese solteiro, solteyro, from Latin sōlitārius (“lonely”). Compare Spanish soltero, Catalan solter. Doublet of solitário. Folk etymology connects it to solto (“free, unbound”).

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /sowˈte(j).ɾu/ [soʊ̯ˈte(ɪ̯).ɾu]
* (Brazil) IPA: /sowˈte(j).ɾu/ [soʊ̯ˈte(ɪ̯).ɾu]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /sowˈte(j).ɾo/ [soʊ̯ˈte(ɪ̯).ɾo]
* (Portugal) IPA: /solˈtɐj.ɾu/ [soɫˈtɐj.ɾu], /sɔlˈtɐj.ɾu/ [sɔɫˈtɐj.ɾu]
* (Portugal) IPA: /solˈtɐj.ɾu/ [soɫˈtɐj.ɾu], /sɔlˈtɐj.ɾu/ [sɔɫˈtɐj.ɾu]
** (Northern Portugal) IPA: /solˈtej.ɾu/ [soɫˈtej.ɾu], /sɔlˈtej.ɾu/ [sɔɫˈtej.ɾu]
** (Central Portugal) IPA: /solˈtej.ɾu/ [soɫˈtej.ɾu], /sɔlˈtej.ɾu/ [sɔɫˈtej.ɾu]
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /solˈte.ɾu/ [soɫˈte.ɾu], /sɔlˈte.ɾu/ [sɔɫˈte.ɾu]
* Hyphenation: sol‧tei‧ro

### Adjective

solteiro (feminine solteira, masculine plural solteiros, feminine plural solteiras)
* single
* unmarried
* celibate

### Noun

solteiro m (plural solteiros, feminine solteira, feminine plural solteiras)
* single (one who is not married or does not have a romantic partner)
* bachelor (a man who has never married), bachelorette (a woman who has never married)

#### Related terms

* despedida de solteiro