🇪🇸Spanish Source WordCode: ES

soldado

Pronunciation / Transliteration: sohl-dah-doh

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Soldier/ˈsoʊl.dʒɚ/
nounverbCEFR A2 (Elementary)Top #850 frequency
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🇪🇸 Example Sentence in Spanish:

"El soldado defendió valientemente su país."

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2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A person who serves in an army.

    "The soldier bravely defended his country during the conflict."
  2. 2

    A person engaged in military service.

    "After years of training, she became a professional soldier."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the Middle French word 'soldé' (one who receives pay), stemming from the Late Latin 'solidus', a Roman coin used to pay soldiers. Over time, the term evolved from referring specifically to a mercenary receiving coin to a general member of an army or armed forces.

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