soler
English
Noun
soler (plural solers)
- One who fits the soles to shoes.
- 1890, John Martine, Reminiscences and Notices of Fourteen Parishes of the County of Haddington, page 88:
- He was a great mender and soler of shoes, and even could make new ones very strong and coarse.
Etymology 2
See solar.
Alternative forms
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “soler”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)
Catalan
Pronunciation
Pronunciation
Verb
soler (first-person singular present solc, no first-person singular preterite, no past participle); root stress: (Central, Valencian, Balearic) /ɔ/
- (auxiliary) to usually..., to be accustomed to..., to have the habit of...
- solen fer la passejada ― they usually go for a walk
- (auxiliary) to frequently..., to often...
- al vespre sol fer fresca ― it usually gets cool in the evening
- (auxiliary, in the imperfect tense) used to
- solia venir cada dijous ― he/she used to come every Thursday
Conjugation
infinitive | soler | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
gerund | solent | ||||||
past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
singular | — | — | |||||
plural | — | — | |||||
person | singular | plural | |||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | jo | tu | ell/ella vostè |
nosaltres nós |
vosaltres vós |
ells/elles vostès | |
present | solc | sols | sol | solem | soleu | solen | |
imperfect | solia | solies | solia | solíem | solíeu | solien | |
future | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
preterite | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
conditional | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
subjunctive | jo | tu | ell/ella vostè |
nosaltres nós |
vosaltres vós |
ells/elles vostès | |
present | solgui | solguis | solgui | solguem | solgueu | solguin | |
imperfect | solgués | solguessis | solgués | solguéssim | solguéssiu | solguessin | |
imperative | — | tu | vostè | nosaltres | vosaltres vós |
vostès | |
affirmative | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
negative (no) | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Related terms
Further reading
- “soler” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “soler”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
- “soler” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “soler” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Old French
Etymology
Inherited from Late Latin subtelāris.
Noun
soler oblique singular, m (oblique plural solers, nominative singular solers, nominative plural soler)
Descendants
- French: soulier
References
Latin
Norwegian Bokmål
Norwegian Nynorsk
Spanish
Etymology
Inherited from Latin solēre. Compare Catalan soler, Italian solere and Portuguese soer (archaic).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /soˈleɾ/ [soˈleɾ]
- Rhymes: -eɾ
- Syllabification: so‧ler
Verb
soler (first-person singular present suelo, first-person singular preterite solí, past participle (rare but acceptable) solido)
- (auxiliary) to be accustomed to doing something, to do something on a regular basis, to do something usually or often
- suele llegar tarde ― he usually arrives late
- (auxiliary) to tend to
- Por lo general no dice nada que merezca la pena oír, así que suelo simplemente ignorarlo.
- He generally doesn't say anything worth hearing, so I usually just ignore him.
- (imperfect) used to
- Aquí solía estar la tele.
- This is where the television used to be.
Conjugation
The future and conditional tend to be neglected in modern Spanish, but are acceptable.
infinitive | soler | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
gerund | soliendo | ||||||
past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
singular | solido3 | solida3 | |||||
plural | solidos3 | solidas3 | |||||
singular | plural | ||||||
1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | ||
indicative | yo | tú vos |
él/ella/ello usted |
nosotros nosotras |
vosotros vosotras |
ellos/ellas ustedes | |
present | suelo | suelestú solésvos |
suele | solemos | soléis | suelen | |
imperfect | solía | solías | solía | solíamos | solíais | solían | |
preterite | solí | soliste | solió | solimos | solisteis | solieron | |
future | soleré3 | solerás3 | solerá3 | soleremos3 | soleréis3 | solerán3 | |
conditional | solería3 | solerías3 | solería3 | soleríamos3 | soleríais3 | solerían3 | |
subjunctive | yo | tú vos |
él/ella/ello usted |
nosotros nosotras |
vosotros vosotras |
ellos/ellas ustedes | |
present | suela | suelastú solásvos2 |
suela | solamos | soláis | suelan | |
imperfect (ra) |
soliera | solieras | soliera | soliéramos | solierais | solieran | |
imperfect (se) |
soliese | solieses | soliese | soliésemos | solieseis | soliesen | |
future1 | soliere3 | solieres3 | soliere3 | soliéremos3 | soliereis3 | solieren3 | |
imperative | — | tú vos |
usted | nosotros nosotras |
vosotros vosotras |
ustedes | |
affirmative | sueletú solévos |
suela | solamos | soled | suelan | ||
negative | no suelas | no suela | no solamos | no soláis | no suelan |
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
Further reading
- “soler”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014