sigiloso

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /si.ʒiˈlo.zu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /si.ʒiˈlo.zu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /si.ʒiˈlo.zo/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /si.ʒiˈlo.zu/

• Hyphenation: si‧gi‧lo‧so

Adjective

sigiloso (feminine sigilosa, masculine plural sigilosos, feminine plural sigilosas, metaphonic)

1. secretive (characterised by secrecy)

Further reading

• “sigiloso”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “sigiloso”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Etymology

From sigilo +‎ -oso.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sixiˈloso/ [si.xiˈlo.so]
• Rhymes: -oso
• Syllabification: si‧gi‧lo‧so

Adjective

sigiloso (feminine sigilosa, masculine plural sigilosos, feminine plural sigilosas)

1. sneaking, stealthy

   Synonyms: arcano, escondido, recóndito

2. discreet

   Synonym: discreto

3. secretive

   Synonym: secreto

Derived terms

• bombardero sigiloso (“stealth bomber”)

Further reading

• “sigiloso”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025