secretário

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See also: secretario

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /se.kɾeˈta.ɾi.u/ , (faster pronunciation) /se.kɾeˈta.ɾju/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /se.kɾeˈta.ɾi.o/ , (faster pronunciation) /se.kɾeˈta.ɾjo/

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Medieval Latin sēcrētārius (“secretary”), from Latin sēcrētus, perfect passive participle of sēcernō (“to separate; to part; to reject”).

Noun

secretário m (plural secretários, feminine secretária, feminine plural secretárias)

  1. secretary (a person keeping records and handling clerical work)
  2. secretary (head of a department of government)

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-ṭāʔir, “hunter bird”), from صَقْر (ṣaqr, “falcon, hawk”) طَائِر (ṭāʔir, “bird”); see secretary bird.

Noun

secretário m (plural secretários)

  1. secretary bird (Sagittarius serpentarius)
    Synonym: serpentário

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