# soldado
## English
### Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish soldado.

### Noun

soldado (plural soldados or soldadoes)
* A soldier, in Spanish-speaking contexts.

### Anagrams

* laddoos

## Bikol Central
### Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish soldado.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /solˈdado/ [sol̪ˈd̪a.d̪o]
* Hyphenation: sol‧da‧do

### Noun

soldado (plural soldados, Basahan spelling ᜐᜓᜎ᜔ᜇᜇᜓ)
* soldier
    Synonyms: militar, hukbo

#### Related terms

* admiral
* heneral
* kabo
* korporal
* sarhento

## Eastern Huasteca Nahuatl
### Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish soldado.

### Noun

soldado
* soldier

## Esperanto

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### Noun

soldado (accusative singular soldadon, plural soldadoj, accusative plural soldadojn)
* Misspelling of soldato.

## 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: [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 maleswith 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)
* soldier
    Synonym: militar
** c. 1596, anonymous author, Diálogo de Alberte e Bieito:De soldados os camiños enpachados, furtando carros e bestas, queimando caniços e zestasOf soldiers the roads are stuffed, stealing carts and mares, burning wattles and baskets
* private

### Etymology 2

From Old Galician-Portuguese soldado (“mended”), from soldar (“to weld; to mend”).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: [solˈdaðʊ]

#### Participle

soldado (feminine soldada, masculine plural soldados, feminine plural soldadas)
* past participle of soldar

#### Adjective

soldado (feminine soldada, masculine plural soldados, feminine plural soldadas)
* soldered, welded
* (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: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* 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
* soldier

## Ilocano
### Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish soldado.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /solˈdado/ [solˈda.do]
* Hyphenation: sol‧da‧do

### Noun

soldado
* soldier

## Ladino
### Etymology 1

Likely a derivative of Old Spanish sueldo (“coin”); compare Portuguese soldado, Italian soldato, French soldat. It could also be a calque or imitation of Italian soldato, from the past participle of soldare, from soldo (“money, military pay”).

#### Noun

soldado m (Hebrew spelling סולדאדו)
* soldier (infantry)
    Synonym: askier
    Hypernyms: gerreador, gerrero
** 19th century, Sa'adi Besalel a-Levi, translated by Isaac Jerusalmi, edited by Aron Rodrigue, Sarah Abrevaya Stein, A Jewish Voice from Ottoman Salonica: The Ladino Memoir of Sa'adi Besalel A-Levi‎, Stanford University Press, published 2012, →ISBN, page 276:I ala onze [6 AM], ala turka, vinyeron en grande akompanyamyento delos askyeres turkos adelantre i detras, kompanyas de soldados de kada nasyon ke fueron dezbarkados delas naves, djunto todos los viche-amirales i komandantes, i ofisyeres de kada nave ke se topo en muestro porto.And at eleven [6 A.M.], a great many Turkish soldiers came ahead of and behind the Turk, companies of soldiers from every nation disembarked from the ships, together with all the vice-admirals, commanders, and officers from every ship found in our port.

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Participle

soldado (Hebrew spelling סולדאדו)
* past participle of soldar

#### References

* ↑ Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1983–1991) “soldado”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critic Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos
* 1 2 “soldado”, in Trezoro de la Lengua Djudeoespanyola.

## Portuguese
### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /sowˈda.du/ [soʊ̯ˈda.du]
* (Brazil) IPA: /sowˈda.du/ [soʊ̯ˈda.du]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /sowˈda.do/ [soʊ̯ˈda.do]
* (Portugal) IPA: /solˈda.du/ [soɫˈda.ðu], /sɔlˈda.du/ [sɔɫˈda.ðu]
* Rhymes: -adu
* Hyphenation: sol‧da‧do

### 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.

#### Noun

soldado m or f by sense or (see usage notes) m (plural soldados, feminine soldada, feminine plural soldadas)
* (military) soldier (member of an army)
* (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

* soldadão (augmentative)
* soldadesco
* soldadinho (diminutive)

##### Descendants

* → Guajajára: zurar
* → Malay: serdadu
** > Indonesian: serdadu (inherited)
** → Javanese: ꦱꦫꦝꦝꦸ (saradhadhu)
** → Petjo: serdadoe, soldadoe
* → Old Tupi: surara
** Nheengatu: surara
* → Sinhalese: සොල්දාදුවා (soldāduwā)

### Etymology 2

From soldar +‎ -ado.

#### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /sowˈda.du/ [soʊ̯ˈda.du]
* (Brazil) IPA: /sowˈda.du/ [soʊ̯ˈda.du]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /sowˈda.do/ [soʊ̯ˈda.do]
* (Portugal) IPA: /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

* ↑ “soldado”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025

## 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: /solˈdado/ [sol̪ˈd̪a.ð̞o]
* Audio (Colombia):(file)
* Rhymes: -ado
* Syllabification: sol‧da‧do

#### Noun

soldado m or f by sense (plural soldados)
* 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
* → Tausug: sundalu

### 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[ntonio] Pascual (1983–1991) “soldado”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critic Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos

### Further reading

* “soldado”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10