secretario

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See also: secretário

Galician

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sekɾeˈtaɾjo/
  • Rhymes: -aɾjo
  • Hyphenation: se‧cre‧ta‧rio

Noun

secretario m (plural secretarios, feminine secretaria, feminine plural secretarias)

  1. secretary

Latin

Noun

sēcrētāriō

  1. dative/ablative singular of sēcrētārius

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin sēcrētārius, from Latin sēcrētus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sekɾeˈtaɾjo/
  • Rhymes: -aɾjo
  • Syllabification: se‧cre‧ta‧rio

Noun

secretario m (plural secretarios, feminine secretaria or secretario, feminine plural secretarias or secretarios)

  1. secretary

Usage notes

  • Like the English word secretary, secretario can mean either a low-level clerical job or an executive position in a government. Due to traditional gender roles, secretaria has been largely associated with the former occupation and secretario with the latter. As a result, sometimes a female head of a government department will be referred to as la secretario.

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