secretário

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See also: secretario

Portuguese[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

 
  • (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/

Etymology 1[edit]

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

Noun[edit]

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)
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Etymology 2[edit]

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[edit]

secretário m (plural secretários)

  1. secretary bird (Sagittarius serpentarius)
    Synonym: serpentário

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