secreto
Asturian
Adjective
secreto
- neuter of secretu
Catalan
Verb
secreto
- first-person singular present indicative form of secretar
Galician
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin secrētus.
Adjective
secreto m (feminine singular secreta, masculine plural secretos, feminine plural secretas)
- secret
Related terms
- segredo
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”)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /seˈkrɛ.to/[1]
- Rhymes: -ɛto
- Hyphenation: se‧crè‧to
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
Related terms
- secretivo
- secretore
- secretorio
- secrezione
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
- secreto in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
Anagrams
- Cortese, certose, cortese, cretose, escreto, estorce
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 (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700, pre-publication website, 2005-2016
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /seˈkɾɛ.tu/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /seˈkɾɛ.to/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /sɨˈkɾɛ.tu/
- Hyphenation: se‧cre‧to
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Latin sēcrētus. Doublet of segredo.
Adjective
secreto (feminine secreta, masculine plural secretos, feminine plural secretas, comparable, comparative maissecreto, superlative o maissecreto or secretíssimo)
- secret
Related terms
- segredo
Verb
secreto
- first-person singular present indicative of secretar
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /seˈkɾeto/ [seˈkɾe.t̪o]
- 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
- agente secreta
- agente secreto
- policía secreta
- servicio secreto
- sociedad secreta
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Latin secrētum.
Noun
secreto m (plural secretos)
- a secret
- guardar el secreto
- keep the secret
- secrecy
Derived terms
- de secreto
- en secreto
- secretamente
- secretear
- secreteo
- secreto a voces
- secreto profesional
- servicio secreto
Descendants
- → Tagalog: sekreto
Etymology 3
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
secreto
- first-person singular present indicative of secretar
Further reading
- “secreto”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014