secretes

English

Verb

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secretes

1. third-person singular simple present indicative of secrete
   • 1967–1968, Richard Lieban, quoted in John P. McAndrew, People of Power: A Philippine Worldview of Spirit Encounters, Ateneo de Manila University Press (2001), →ISBN, page 92:

     As a balbal, he preys particularly on sick people because their spirits are most vulnerable at that time. He secretes himself under the house, directly beneath the patient. He particularly likes to feed on human liver, which he attacks invisibly; or, also unseen, he sucks the blood of the patient.

See also

• secrets

Anagrams

• sesterce

Asturian

Adjective

secretes

1. feminine plural of secretu

Catalan

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central)
• IPA^(key): (Balearic)
• IPA^(key): (Valencian)

Adjective

secretes

1. feminine plural of secret

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic)
• IPA^(key): (Valencian)

Verb

secretes

1. second-person singular present indicative of secretar

Portuguese

Verb

secretes

1. second-person singular present subjunctive of secretar

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /seˈkɾetes/
• Rhymes: -etes
• Syllabification: se‧cre‧tes

Verb

secretes

1. second-person singular present subjunctive of secretar