secreto

See also: secretó and secretò

Asturian

Adjective

secreto

1. neuter of secretu

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Catalan

Verb

secreto

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Galician

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin secrētus.

Adjective

secreto (feminine secreta, masculine plural secretos, feminine plural secretas)

1. secret

Related terms

• segredo

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Italian

Etymology 1

From Latin sēcrētus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /seˈkre.to/
  • Rhymes: -eto
  • Hyphenation: se‧cré‧to
• IPA^(key): /seˈkrɛ.to/
  • Rhymes: -ɛto
  • Hyphenation: se‧crè‧to

Adjective

secreto (feminine secreta, masculine plural secreti, feminine plural secrete) (literary)

1. Alternative form of segreto (“secret, hidden”)

Noun

secreto m (plural secreti) (literary)

1. Alternative form of segreto (“secret”)

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /seˈkrɛ.to/
• Rhymes: -ɛto
• Hyphenation: se‧crè‧to

Participle

secreto (feminine secreta, masculine plural secreti, feminine plural secrete)

1. past participle of secernere

Adjective

secreto (feminine secreta, masculine plural secreti, feminine plural secrete)

1. (relational) secretion; secreted

Noun

secreto m (plural secreti)

1. secretion

Related terms

• secretivo
• secretore
• secretorio
• secrezione

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /seˈkre.to/
  • Rhymes: -eto
  • Hyphenation: se‧cré‧to
• IPA^(key): /seˈkrɛ.to/
  • Rhymes: -ɛto
  • Hyphenation: se‧crè‧to

Verb

secreto

1. first-person singular present indicative of secretare

Anagrams

• Cortese, certose, cortese, cretose, escreto, estorce

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Latin

Participle

(deprecated template usage) sēcrētō

1. 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^[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016

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Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin sēcrētus. Doublet of segredo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sɨˈkɾɛtu/
• Hyphenation: se‧cre‧to

Adjective

secreto (feminine secreta, masculine plural secretos, feminine plural secretas)

1. Being or kept hidden; secret

Related terms

• segredo

Verb

secreto

1. Template:pt-verb-form-of

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Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /seˈkɾeto/ [seˈkɾe.t̪o]
• Hyphenation: se‧cre‧to

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin secrētus.

Adjective

secreto (feminine secreta, masculine plural secretos, feminine plural secretas)

1. secret

Derived terms

• policía secreta
• servicio secreto
• sociedad secreta

 

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Latin secrētum.

Noun

secreto m (plural secretos)

1. a secret
2. secrecy

Derived terms

• en secreto
• jurado guardar el secreto
• secretamente
• secretear
• secreteo
• secreto a voces
• servicio secreto

 

Descendants

• → Tagalog: sekreto

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

secreto

1. first-person singular present indicative of secretar

Further reading

• “secreto”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014