sueldo
Spanish
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Old Spanish sueldo, from Late Latin soldus, from Latin solidus (“gold coin”). Doublet of the borrowing sólido.
Noun
sueldo m (plural sueldos)
- salary
- Synonym: salario
- any of several historical European units of currency, including the solidus, sol, and soldo
Usage notes
In several Spanish-speaking countries, a difference exists between sueldo and salario. A sueldo is a periodic payment of a fixed amount of money given to a worker. A salario is the amount of money a worker makes based on the day and hours he works. Thus, sueldo is actually closer to the English definition of salary, whereas salario is closer to a wage. Regional variation exists, however.
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Etymology 2
Verb
sueldo
Further reading
- “sueldo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Categories:
- Spanish 2-syllable words
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- Rhymes:Spanish/eldo
- Rhymes:Spanish/eldo/2 syllables
- Spanish terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Spanish terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *solh₂-
- Spanish terms inherited from Old Spanish
- Spanish terms derived from Old Spanish
- Spanish terms inherited from Late Latin
- Spanish terms derived from Late Latin
- Spanish terms inherited from Latin
- Spanish terms derived from Latin
- Spanish doublets
- Spanish lemmas
- Spanish nouns
- Spanish countable nouns
- Spanish masculine nouns
- Spanish non-lemma forms
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- es:Economics
- es:Money
- es:Currency