🇵🇹Portuguese Source WordCode: PT

soldado

Pronunciation / Transliteration: sohl-dah-doo

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Soldier/ˈsoʊl.dʒɚ/
nounverbCEFR A2 (Elementary)Top #650 frequency
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🇵🇹 Example Sentence in Portuguese:

"O soldado defendeu bravamente seu 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 English word 'soldour', which came from Old French 'soudour', based on the Late Latin 'solidarius', meaning 'a soldier who receives pay'. This Late Latin term originates from 'solidus', a Roman gold coin used to pay troops.

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