soldo

From Italian soldo, from Latin solidum. Doublet of sol, sold, solid, solidus, sou, and xu.

soldo (plural soldi or soldos)

1. (historical) An Italian coin, formerly one-twentieth of a lira.
   • 2006, Thomas Pynchon, Against the Day, Vintage, published 2007, page 647:

     That's twelve soldi. I'd be lucky to get as much as a franc for one painting.

• saltee

• dolos, slood

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ˈsɔl.du]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic, Valencia) [ˈsɔl.do]

soldo

1. first-person singular present indicative of soldar

• IPA^(key): /ˈsoldo/

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• Rhymes: -oldo
• Syllabification: sol‧do

soldo (accusative singular soldon, plural soldoj, accusative plural soldojn)

1. (military) military pay

   La duaklasa soldato, kiu estas malfeliĉe kun la magra soldo, decidis ne resoldatiĝi.

   The private, unhappy with the meager military pay decided not to reenlist.

From Old Galician-Portuguese soldo, from Late Latin soldus, from Latin solidus (“gold coin”).

soldo m (plural soldos)

1. salary

   Synonyms: haberes, paga, salario, soldada

soldo

1. first-person singular present indicative of soldar

Inherited from Latin soldus, syncope of (nummus) solidus (“solid (coin)”) (referring to the gold content), from Proto-Indo-European *solh₂- (“whole”). Doublet of solido and sodo, and likely also saldo.

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɔl.do/
• Rhymes: -ɔldo
• Hyphenation: sòl‧do

soldo m (plural soldi)

1. penny, cent
2. (in the plural) money

   Synonym: denaro

3. (with quattro (“four”)) two cents, farthing, a worthless amount

   Synonyms: un cazzo, una sega, una lira, un centesimo

   Di' a 'sto fornaio da quattro soldi che la prossima volta che lo incontro, lo ammazzo!

   Tell this no good baker that the next time I meet him, I'll kill him!

• soldato
• soldino
• da quattro soldi, literally meaning worth four coins, figuratively used to express a judgement of low value

• saldo

soldō

1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of soldus

From Old Galician-Portuguese soldo, from Late Latin soldus, from contraction of Latin solidus (“gold coin”). Doublet of sólido.

• sôldo (pre-reform spelling)

• Hyphenation: sol‧do

soldo m (plural soldos)

1. (historical, numismatics) solidus (late Roman gold coin)
2. (historical, numismatics) a medieval Portuguese coin
3. salary or wage; any payment for a service

   Synonym: salário

4. (Brazil, specifically) military salary

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

• Hyphenation: sol‧do

soldo

1. first-person singular present indicative of soldar

• “soldo”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “soldo”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026