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Asturian
Adjective
secreto
- neuter of secretu
Catalan
Verb
secreto
- first-person singular present indicative of secretar
Galician
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin secrētus. Doublet of segredo.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /seˈkɾeto/
- Rhymes: -eto
- Hyphenation: se‧cre‧to
Adjective
secreto (feminine secreta, masculine plural secretos, feminine plural secretas)
- secret
Further reading
Italian
Etymology 1
From Latin sēcrētus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /seˈkre.to/
- Rhymes: -eto
- Hyphenation: se‧cré‧to
- IPA(key): /seˈkrɛ.to/[1]
- Rhymes: -ɛto
- Hyphenation: se‧crè‧to
Adjective
secreto (feminine secreta, masculine plural secreti, feminine plural secrete) (literary)
- Alternative form of segreto (“secret, hidden”)
Noun
secreto m (plural secreti) (literary)
- Alternative form of segreto (“secret”)
Etymology 2
Pronunciation
Participle
secreto (feminine secreta, masculine plural secreti, feminine plural secrete)
- past participle of secernere
Adjective
secreto (feminine secreta, masculine plural secreti, feminine plural secrete)
- (relational) secretion; secreted
Noun
secreto m (plural secreti)
- secretion
Etymology 3
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /seˈkre.to/
- Rhymes: -eto
- Hyphenation: se‧cré‧to
- IPA(key): /seˈkrɛ.to/[1]
- Rhymes: -ɛto
- Hyphenation: se‧crè‧to
Verb
secreto
- first-person singular present indicative of secretare
References
Anagrams
Latin
Participle
sēcrētō
- dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of sēcrētus
References
- “secreto”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “secreto”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- secreto in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- secreto in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700, pre-publication website, 2005-2016
Portuguese
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Learned borrowing from Latin sēcrētus. Doublet of segredo.
Adjective
secreto (feminine secreta, masculine plural secretos, feminine plural secretas, comparable, comparative mais secreto, superlative o mais secreto or secretíssimo)
- secret
Noun
secreto m (plural secretos)
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Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
secreto
- first-person singular present indicative of secretar
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /seˈkɾeto/
- Rhymes: -eto
- Syllabification: se‧cre‧to
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Latin secrētus.
Adjective
secreto (feminine secreta, masculine plural secretos, feminine plural secretas)
- secret
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Latin secrētum.
Noun
secreto m (plural secretos)
- a secret
guardar el secreto- keep the secret
- secrecy
- Synonym: sigilo
Derived terms
Descendants
Etymology 3
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
secreto
- first-person singular present indicative of secretar
Further reading