secretário
See also: secretario
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˌse.kɾe.ˈta.ɾi.u/, /ˌse.kɾe.ˈta.ɾju/
- (South Brazil) IPA(key): /ˌse.kɾe.ˈta.ɾi.o/, /ˌse.kɾe.ˈta.ɾjo/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /sɨ.kɾɨ.ˈta.ɾju/
- Hyphenation: se‧cre‧tá‧ri‧o
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Medieval Latin sēcrētārius (“secretary”), from Latin sēcrētus, perfect passive participle of sēcernō (“I separate; I part; I reject”).
Noun
secretário m (plural secretários, feminine secretária, feminine plural secretárias)
Related terms
- secretária
- secretaria
- secretariado
- secretarial
- secretariamente
- secretariar
- secretariável
Etymology 2
Probably so named because its crest of long feathers resembles quill pens stuck behind the ears of an office clerk; alternatively, possibly from Arabic صَقْر اَلطَّائِر (ṣaqr aṭ-ṭāʾir, “hunter bird”), from صَقْر (ṣaqr, “falcon, hawk”) طَائِر (ṭāʾir, “bird”); see secretary bird.
Noun
secretário m (plural secretários)
- secretary bird (Sagittarius serpentarius)
- Synonym: serpentário
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