What's a BACHELOR in Spanish?

"Hello, I'm a BACHELOR, and these are for you. You're a girl, right?" 

If you think the word in Spanish is BACHILLER, you are right and not.
The problem with this term is not the translation but the meaning it has, different in either language. 
In English, a BACHELOR (female BACHELORETTE) is a young single man who has never been married. Also, a person with an undergraduate degree from a university is known as a BACHELOR.
In Spanish, a BACHILLER is someone who has finished high school and nothing but. Usually, in Ecuador at least, after completing secondary studies a person receives a "Bachelor's Degree" that is really a certificate with no great value for job recruiters.  

Comments

Manuel Erazo said…
Good to know about this, which will be the meaning of Bachelor in Spanish, I mean the first definition, maybe'solteron', 'mozo', not pretty sure in Spanish.
July 3, 2021 at 2:53 PM
Mendoza Párraga Martha said…
It is the first time I hear that word, I'm not surprised by the difference of meanings in differents countries, it is good to know the meaning of these words.
July 3, 2021 at 3:16 PM
Evelin Arellano said…
It was a good new.
I've sometimes confused this term. When I tried to write " bachiller" in English I thought that " bachelor" is the right thing and it is, but I had no idea that it also had another term.
July 3, 2021 at 3:24 PM
Johanna Arteaga said…
Oh! I remember these terms from a television series called "The Bachelor" and "The Bachelorette", they made me research the meaning of those words a long time ago. Thank you very much for the information about the high school graduates.
July 3, 2021 at 9:20 PM
Ginger Nicole Alvia González said…
Pretty interesting to know this, since we can avoid confusions when we use the word Bachelor in our daily speech.
July 4, 2021 at 3:50 PM
Ericka Zambrano said…
Quite interesting! Definitely, with your posts I always surprise me more all the time and it's good to keep learning new things.
July 4, 2021 at 10:44 PM
Blanca Landivar said…
It is interesting to know that ... Specifically the fact that the meaning of a word is not given by the direct translation into the language .. But rather by the meaning that each language has assigned to the same word ... Thank you very much. .!
July 4, 2021 at 10:55 PM
Samuel Macías said…
It is interesting to learn how the words change BACHELOR can mean in English as SINGLE but BACHELOR in Spanish means SOLTERON is interesting how the context affects the meaning.
July 5, 2021 at 1:21 AM
Emily Saca Salinas said…
This made me think that different meanings for the same word can sometimes bring difficulties when learning a language. However, in these cases, the context would be a determining factor to consider in order to avoid any misunderstanding when using similar terms.
July 5, 2021 at 1:01 PM
Suleyka Tello Bermudez said…
I always learn something new from posts, there is a new word, a phrase, and it just increases my everyday vocabulary.
July 5, 2021 at 8:26 PM
Juan Jesús said…
In conclusion I am a Bachelor, the two meanig both: I am single and I have not finished the university hahahah
July 5, 2021 at 9:46 PM
Kymberlyn Carriel said…
It’s definitely new for me.
I consider that if we have an ambiguous context at the time of using this word, we could get confused in its meaning and lose the idea we want to express.
July 6, 2021 at 1:13 AM
Unknown said…
Dave Criollo
I hope to be bachelor when I get my bachelor.
July 6, 2021 at 2:02 PM
Saraí Pesantes Parreño said…
When I first read the title, I remembered the lists published on American magazines 'Top 10 of the most elegible Bachelors'
July 6, 2021 at 7:31 PM
Briggitte Vera said…
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July 6, 2021 at 10:53 PM
Briggitte Vera said…
I knew the first meaning. I think I saw it in a movie and I wasn't pretty sure about the second definition, I thought it was incorrect. Thank Mr.Bermudes to teach us new things!
July 6, 2021 at 10:56 PM
Eunice Rosado said…
Well, I am one of the bachelor AND this Is a good examplo to definite the two terms. Thanks you so much.
July 7, 2021 at 8:21 AM
Ferruzola Martínez Rita said…
So... it could be considered as a false friend too, right?
July 8, 2021 at 10:20 AM
Alejandra Del Valle said…
That's right. Being a bachelor is close to nothing for job recruiters, at least when it comes to third-world education; it is what it is. I think the term bachelor in English is more used to refer to single men than to undergraduate students.
August 4, 2021 at 7:39 PM
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