secretário
See also: secretario
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /se.kɾeˈta.ɾi.u/ [se.kɾeˈta.ɾɪ.u], (faster pronunciation) /se.kɾeˈta.ɾju/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /se.kɾeˈta.ɾi.o/ [se.kɾeˈta.ɾɪ.o], (faster pronunciation) /se.kɾeˈta.ɾjo/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /sɨ.kɾɨˈta.ɾju/
- Hyphenation: se‧cre‧tá‧ri‧o
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)
- secretary (a person keeping records and handling clerical work)
- secretary (head of a department of government)
Related terms
- secretária
- secretaria
- secretariado
- secretarial
- secretariamente
- secretariar
- secretariável
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-ṭāʾir, “hunter bird”), from صَقْر (ṣaqr, “falcon, hawk”) طَائِر (ṭāʾir, “bird”); see secretary bird.
Noun
secretário m (plural secretários)
- secretary bird (Sagittarius serpentarius)
- Synonym: serpentário