secretar

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin sēcrētum, supine of sēcernō (“separate, disjoin”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [sə.kɾəˈta]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [se.kɾeˈtaɾ]

Verb

secretar (first-person singular present secreto, first-person singular preterite secretí, past participle secretat); root stress: (Central, Balearic) /ɛ/; (Valencia) /e/

1. to secrete

Conjugation

    Conjugation of secretar (first conjugation)

infinitive			secretar
gerund			secretant
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		secretat		secretada
		plural		secretats		secretades
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	secreto	secretes	secreta	secretem	secreteu	secreten
	imperfect	secretava	secretaves	secretava	secretàvem	secretàveu	secretaven
	future	secretaré	secretaràs	secretarà	secretarem	secretareu	secretaran
	preterite	secretí	secretares	secretà	secretàrem	secretàreu	secretaren
	conditional	secretaria	secretaries	secretaria	secretaríem	secretaríeu	secretarien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	secreti	secretis	secreti	secretem	secreteu	secretin
	imperfect	secretés	secretessis	secretés	secretéssim	secretéssiu	secretessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	secreta	secreti	secretem	secreteu	secretin
	negative (no)	—	no secretis	no secreti	no secretem	no secreteu	no secretin

Related terms

• secreció

Further reading

• “secretar”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], 2007 April
• “secretar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025.
• “secretar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “secretar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /se.kɾeˈta(ʁ)/ [se.kɾeˈta(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /se.kɾeˈta(ʁ)/ [se.kɾeˈta(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /se.kɾeˈta(ɾ)/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /se.kɾeˈta(ʁ)/ [se.kɾeˈta(χ)]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /se.kɾeˈta(ɻ)/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /sɨ.kɾɨˈtaɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /sɨ.kɾɨˈtaɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /sɨ.kɾɨˈta.ɾi/

• Hyphenation: se‧cre‧tar

Verb

secretar (first-person singular present secreto, first-person singular preterite secretei, past participle secretado)

1. (physiology) to secrete (to produce and ooze a substance)

   Synonyms: excretar, segregar

Conjugation

    Conjugation of secretar (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	secretar
Personal	secretar	secretares	secretar	secretarmos	secretardes	secretarem
Gerund
	secretando
Past participle
Masculine	secretado			secretados
Feminine	secretada			secretadas
Indicative
Present	secreto	secretas	secreta	secretamos	secretais	secretam
Imperfect	secretava	secretavas	secretava	secretávamos	secretáveis	secretavam
Preterite	secretei	secretaste	secretou	secretamos1, secretámos2	secretastes	secretaram
Pluperfect	secretara	secretaras	secretara	secretáramos	secretáreis	secretaram
Future	secretarei	secretarás	secretará	secretaremos	secretareis	secretarão
Conditional	secretaria	secretarias	secretaria	secretaríamos	secretaríeis	secretariam
Subjunctive
Present	secrete	secretes	secrete	secretemos	secreteis	secretem
Imperfect	secretasse	secretasses	secretasse	secretássemos	secretásseis	secretassem
Future	secretar	secretares	secretar	secretarmos	secretardes	secretarem
Imperative
Affirmative		secreta	secrete	secretemos	secretai	secretem
Negative (não)		não secretes	não secrete	não secretemos	não secreteis	não secretem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Related terms

• secreção

Further reading

• “secretar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French secrétaire, from Medieval Latin secretarius.

Noun

secretar m (plural secretari)

1. secretary

Declension

Declension of secretar

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	secretar	secretarul		secretari	secretarii
genitive-dative	secretar	secretarului		secretari	secretarilor
vocative	secretarule			secretarilor

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin secrētum, supine of sēcernō (“separate, disjoin”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sekɾeˈtaɾ/ [se.kɾeˈt̪aɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: se‧cre‧tar

Verb

secretar (first-person singular present secreto, first-person singular preterite secreté, past participle secretado)

1. to secrete

Conjugation

    Conjugation of secretar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			secretar
gerund			secretando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		secretado		secretada
		plural		secretados		secretadas
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	secreto	secretastú secretásvos	secreta	secretamos	secretáis	secretan
	imperfect	secretaba	secretabas	secretaba	secretábamos	secretabais	secretaban
	preterite	secreté	secretaste	secretó	secretamos	secretasteis	secretaron
	future	secretaré	secretarás	secretará	secretaremos	secretaréis	secretarán
	conditional	secretaría	secretarías	secretaría	secretaríamos	secretaríais	secretarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	secrete	secretestú secretésvos2	secrete	secretemos	secretéis	secreten
	imperfect (ra)	secretara	secretaras	secretara	secretáramos	secretarais	secretaran
	imperfect (se)	secretase	secretases	secretase	secretásemos	secretaseis	secretasen
	future1	secretare	secretares	secretare	secretáremos	secretareis	secretaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		secretatú secretávos	secrete	secretemos	secretad	secreten
	negative		no secretes	no secrete	no secretemos	no secretéis	no secreten

¹Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of secretar

These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
with infinitive secretar	dative	secretarme	secretarte	secretarle, secretarse	secretarnos	secretaros	secretarles, secretarse
	accusative	secretarme	secretarte	secretarlo, secretarla, secretarse	secretarnos	secretaros	secretarlos, secretarlas, secretarse
with gerund secretando	dative	secretándome	secretándote	secretándole, secretándose	secretándonos	secretándoos	secretándoles, secretándose
	accusative	secretándome	secretándote	secretándolo, secretándola, secretándose	secretándonos	secretándoos	secretándolos, secretándolas, secretándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative secreta	dative	secrétame	secrétate	secrétale	secrétanos	not used	secrétales
	accusative	secrétame	secrétate	secrétalo, secrétala	secrétanos	not used	secrétalos, secrétalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative secretá	dative	secretame	secretate	secretale	secretanos	not used	secretales
	accusative	secretame	secretate	secretalo, secretala	secretanos	not used	secretalos, secretalas
with formal second-person singular imperative secrete	dative	secréteme	not used	secrétele, secrétese	secrétenos	not used	secrételes
	accusative	secréteme	not used	secrételo, secrétela, secrétese	secrétenos	not used	secrételos, secrételas
with first-person plural imperative secretemos	dative	not used	secretémoste	secretémosle	secretémonos	secretémoos	secretémosles
	accusative	not used	secretémoste	secretémoslo, secretémosla	secretémonos	secretémoos	secretémoslos, secretémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative secretad	dative	secretadme	not used	secretadle	secretadnos	secretaos	secretadles
	accusative	secretadme	not used	secretadlo, secretadla	secretadnos	secretaos	secretadlos, secretadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative secreten	dative	secrétenme	not used	secrétenle	secrétennos	not used	secrétenles, secrétense
	accusative	secrétenme	not used	secrétenlo, secrétenla	secrétennos	not used	secrétenlos, secrétenlas, secrétense

Related terms

• secreción

Further reading

• “secretar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10