solas

alone (feminine plural)

adjective SOH-lahs Rare

Usage Note

Solas appears almost exclusively in the fixed adverbial phrase a solas ('alone, by oneself, in private'): hablar a solas ('to speak privately'). As a standalone adjective agreeing with a feminine plural noun it is rare but grammatically correct (las mujeres solas, 'the women alone'). The seed POS 'noun' is a misclassification — it is an adjective, most often frozen in the adverbial phrase a solas.

Examples

"Prefería estudiar a solas por las noches."

Natural Translation

She preferred to study alone at night.

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