Noun: soldado
Gender: m
Hyphenation:
| Singular m | soldado |
| Plural m | soldados |
Sample Sentences
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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) [c. 1596, anonymous author, Diálogo de Alberte e Bieito:]
Nouns inflected like soldado
miligramo,
mililitro,
acontecemento,
urodelo,
ancoradoiro,
vimieiro,
serrón,
sesego,
sedeño,
iceberg,
sarrio,
sabuio,
sabugo,
sabujo,
sabuxo,
sabelo,
sangue,
saibro,
saltón,
salmón, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
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”). See: Old Portuguese Nouns '
soldado', Italian Nouns '
soldato'.
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