solto

Catalan edit

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): (Central) [ˈsɔl.tu]
IPA^(key): (Balearic, Valencia) [ˈsɔl.to]

Verb edit

solto

first-person singular present indicative of soltar

Galician edit

Etymology 1 edit

From Old Galician-Portuguese solto, from Vulgar Latin *soltus, from Latin solutus. Cognate with Portuguese solto and Spanish suelto.

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): [ˈsɔltʊ], [ˈsoltʊ]

Adjective edit

solto (feminine solta, masculine plural soltos, feminine plural soltas)

Derived terms edit

Noun edit

solto m (plural soltos)

loose change
Synonym: cambio

References edit

“solto” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
“solto” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
“solto” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
“solto” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
“solto” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Etymology 2 edit

Verb edit

solto

first-person singular present indicative of soltar

Italian edit

Etymology edit

From Vulgar Latin *soltus, from Latin solutus. Doublet of soluto.

Participle edit

solto (feminine solta, masculine plural solti, feminine plural solte)

past participle of solvere

Portuguese edit

Etymology 1 edit

From Old Galician-Portuguese solto, from Vulgar Latin *soltus, from Latin solutus.

Pronunciation edit

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈsow.tu/ [ˈsoʊ̯.tu]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈsow.to/ [ˈsoʊ̯.to]

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈsol.tu/ [ˈsoɫ.tu]

Rhymes: (Portugal) -oltu, (Brazil) -owtu
Homophones: souto (Brazil), Souto (Brazil)
Hyphenation: sol‧to

Adjective edit

solto (feminine solta, masculine plural soltos, feminine plural soltas, comparable, comparative mais solto, superlative o mais solto or soltíssimo, diminutive soltinho)

loose; free
As galinhas andam soltas pelo curral. ― The chickens roam free in the corral.

Não deixar pontas soltas. ― Don't leave loose ends.

Participle edit

solto (short participle, feminine solta, masculine plural soltos, feminine plural soltas)

past participle of soltar

Etymology 2 edit

Pronunciation edit

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈsɔw.tu/ [ˈsɔʊ̯.tu]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈsɔw.to/ [ˈsɔʊ̯.to]

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈsɔl.tu/ [ˈsɔɫ.tu]

Hyphenation: sol‧to

Verb edit

solto

first-person singular present indicative of soltar