secretar
Catalan
Etymology
From Latin secrētum, supine of sēcernō (“separate, disjoin”).
Pronunciation
- (Balearic, Central) IPA(key): /sə.kɾəˈta/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /se.kɾeˈtaɾ/
Verb
secretar (first-person singular present secreto, past participle secretat)
- to secrete
Conjugation
Conjugation of secretar (first conjugation)
| infinitive | secretar | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| present participle | secretant | ||||||
| past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
| singular | secretat | secretada | |||||
| plural | secretats | secretades | |||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | ell/ella vostè | nosaltres nós | vosaltres vós | ells/elles vostès | |
| present | secreto | secretes | secreta | secretem | secreteu | secreten | |
| imperfect | secretava | secretaves | secretava | secretàvem | secretàveu | secretaven | |
| future | secretaré | secretaràs | secretarà | secretarem | secretareu | secretaran | |
| preterite | secretí | secretares | secretà | secretàrem | secretàreu | secretaren | |
| conditional | secretaria | secretaries | secretaria | secretaríem | secretaríeu | secretarien | |
| subjunctive | jo | tu | ell/ella vostè | nosaltres nós | vosaltres vós | ells/elles vostès | |
| present | secreti | secretis | secreti | secretem | secreteu | secretin | |
| imperfect | secretés | secretessis | secretés | secretéssim | secretéssiu | secretessin | |
| imperative | — | tu | vostè | nosaltres | vosaltres vós | vostès | |
| — | secreta | secreti | secretem | secreteu | secretin | ||
Related terms
- secreció
Further reading
- “secretar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “secretar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2023
- “secretar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “secretar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Portuguese
Verb
secretar (first-person singular present secreto, first-person singular preterite secretei, past participle secretado)
- (physiology) to secrete (to produce and ooze a substance)
- Synonyms: excretar, segregar
Conjugation
Conjugation of secretar (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)
| Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First-person (eu) | Second-person (tu) | Third-person (ele / ela / você) | First-person (nós) | Second-person (vós) | Third-person (eles / elas / vocês) | |
| Infinitive | ||||||
| Impersonal | secretar | |||||
| Personal | secretar | secretares | secretar | secretarmos | secretardes | secretarem |
| Gerund | ||||||
| secretando | ||||||
| Past participle | ||||||
| Masculine | secretado | secretados | ||||
| Feminine | secretada | secretadas | ||||
| Indicative | ||||||
| Present | secreto | secretas | secreta | secretamos | secretais | secretam |
| Imperfect | secretava | secretavas | secretava | secretávamos | secretáveis | secretavam |
| Preterite | secretei | secretaste | secretou | secretamos1, secretámos2 | secretastes | secretaram |
| Pluperfect | secretara | secretaras | secretara | secretáramos | secretáreis | secretaram |
| Future | secretarei | secretarás | secretará | secretaremos | secretareis | secretarão |
| Conditional | ||||||
| secretaria | secretarias | secretaria | secretaríamos | secretaríeis | secretariam | |
| Subjunctive | ||||||
| Present | secrete | secretes | secrete | secretemos | secreteis | secretem |
| Imperfect | secretasse | secretasses | secretasse | secretássemos | secretásseis | secretassem |
| Future | secretar | secretares | secretar | secretarmos | secretardes | secretarem |
| Imperative | ||||||
| Affirmative | secreta | secrete | secretemos | secretai | secretem | |
| Negative (não) | não secretes | não secrete | não secretemos | não secreteis | não secretem | |
1Brazil.
2Portugal.
Related terms
- secreção
Further reading
- “secretar” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from French secrétaire, from Medieval Latin secretarius.
Noun
secretar m (plural secretari)
- secretary
Declension
Declension of secretar
| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
| nominative/accusative | (un) secretar | secretarul | (niște) secretari | secretarii |
| genitive/dative | (unui) secretar | secretarului | (unor) secretari | secretarilor |
| vocative | secretarule | secretarilor | ||
Spanish
Etymology
From Latin secrētum, supine of sēcernō (“separate, disjoin”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sekɾeˈtaɾ/ [se.kɾeˈt̪aɾ]
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: se‧cre‧tar
Verb
secretar (first-person singular present secreto, first-person singular preterite secreté, past participle secretado)
- to secrete
Conjugation
Conjugation of secretar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
| infinitive | secretar | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| gerund | secretando | ||||||
| past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
| singular | secretado | secretada | |||||
| plural | secretados | secretadas | |||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | ||
| indicative | yo | tú vos | él/ella/ello usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ellos/ellas ustedes | |
| present | secreto | secretastú secretásvos | secreta | secretamos | secretáis | secretan | |
| imperfect | secretaba | secretabas | secretaba | secretábamos | secretabais | secretaban | |
| preterite | secreté | secretaste | secretó | secretamos | secretasteis | secretaron | |
| future | secretaré | secretarás | secretará | secretaremos | secretaréis | secretarán | |
| conditional | secretaría | secretarías | secretaría | secretaríamos | secretaríais | secretarían | |
| subjunctive | yo | tú vos | él/ella/ello usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ellos/ellas ustedes | |
| present | secrete | secretestú secretésvos2 | secrete | secretemos | secretéis | secreten | |
| imperfect (ra) | secretara | secretaras | secretara | secretáramos | secretarais | secretaran | |
| imperfect (se) | secretase | secretases | secretase | secretásemos | secretaseis | secretasen | |
| future1 | secretare | secretares | secretare | secretáremos | secretareis | secretaren | |
| imperative | — | tú vos | usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ustedes | |
| affirmative | secretatú secretávos | secrete | secretemos | secretad | secreten | ||
| negative | no secretes | no secrete | no secretemos | no secretéis | no secreten | ||
1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
Selected combined forms of secretar
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | ||
| with infinitive secretar | |||||||
| dative | secretarme | secretarte | secretarle, secretarse | secretarnos | secretaros | secretarles, secretarse | |
| accusative | secretarme | secretarte | secretarlo, secretarla, secretarse | secretarnos | secretaros | secretarlos, secretarlas, secretarse | |
| with gerund secretando | |||||||
| dative | secretándome | secretándote | secretándole, secretándose | secretándonos | secretándoos | secretándoles, secretándose | |
| accusative | secretándome | secretándote | secretándolo, secretándola, secretándose | secretándonos | secretándoos | secretándolos, secretándolas, secretándose | |
| with informal second-person singular tú imperative secreta | |||||||
| dative | secrétame | secrétate | secrétale | secrétanos | not used | secrétales | |
| accusative | secrétame | secrétate | secrétalo, secrétala | secrétanos | not used | secrétalos, secrétalas | |
| with informal second-person singular vos imperative secretá | |||||||
| dative | secretame | secretate | secretale | secretanos | not used | secretales | |
| accusative | secretame | secretate | secretalo, secretala | secretanos | not used | secretalos, secretalas | |
| with formal second-person singular imperative secrete | |||||||
| dative | secréteme | not used | secrétele, secrétese | secrétenos | not used | secrételes | |
| accusative | secréteme | not used | secrételo, secrétela, secrétese | secrétenos | not used | secrételos, secrételas | |
| with first-person plural imperative secretemos | |||||||
| dative | not used | secretémoste | secretémosle | secretémonos | secretémoos | secretémosles | |
| accusative | not used | secretémoste | secretémoslo, secretémosla | secretémonos | secretémoos | secretémoslos, secretémoslas | |
| with informal second-person plural imperative secretad | |||||||
| dative | secretadme | not used | secretadle | secretadnos | secretaos | secretadles | |
| accusative | secretadme | not used | secretadlo, secretadla | secretadnos | secretaos | secretadlos, secretadlas | |
| with formal second-person plural imperative secreten | |||||||
| dative | secrétenme | not used | secrétenle | secrétennos | not used | secrétenles, secrétense | |
| accusative | secrétenme | not used | secrétenlo, secrétenla | secrétennos | not used | secrétenlos, secrétenlas, secrétense | |
Related terms
- secreción
Further reading
- “secretar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014