soltero

• IPA^(key): /solˈteɾo/ [sol̪ˈt̪e.ɾo]
• Rhymes: -eɾo
• Syllabification: sol‧te‧ro

soltero

1. neuter of solteru

Borrowed from Spanish soltero (“bachelor”)

• IPA^(key): /solˈteɾo/ [sol̪ˈte.ɾo]
• Hyphenation: sol‧te‧ro

soltéro (feminine soltera, Basahan spelling ᜐᜓᜎ᜔ᜆᜒᜍᜓ)

1. single (a man who is not married or does not have a romantic partner)
2. bachelor (a man who has never married)

Inherited from Latin sōlitārius (“lonely”).^[1] Compare Portuguese solteiro, Catalan solter. See also the borrowed doublet solitario. Another theory, perhaps less likely, derives it from suelto, from Latin solutus (“unbound, released, free, at large”).^[2]

• IPA^(key): /solˈteɾo/ [sol̪ˈt̪e.ɾo]
• Rhymes: -eɾo
• Syllabification: sol‧te‧ro

soltero (feminine soltera, masculine plural solteros, feminine plural solteras)

1. single, unmarried

   Antonym: casado

soltero m (plural solteros, feminine soltera, feminine plural solteras)

1. single (one who is not married or does not have a romantic partner)
2. bachelor (a man who has never married), bachelorette (a woman who has never married)

• “soltero”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025