secretario

See also: secretário

Galician

Alternative forms

• secretário (reintegrationist)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sekɾeˈtaɾjo/ [s̺e.kɾeˈt̪a.ɾjʊ]
• Rhymes: -aɾjo
• Hyphenation: se‧cre‧ta‧rio

Noun

secretario m (plural secretarios, feminine secretaria, feminine plural secretarias)

1. secretary

Latin

Noun

sēcrētāriō

1. dative/ablative singular of sēcrētārius

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin sēcrētārius, from Latin sēcrētus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sekɾeˈtaɾjo/ [se.kɾeˈt̪a.ɾjo]
• Rhymes: -aɾjo
• Syllabification: se‧cre‧ta‧rio

Noun

secretario m (plural secretarios, feminine secretaria or secretario, feminine plural secretarias or secretarios)

1. secretary

Usage notes

Like the English word secretary, secretario can mean either a low-level clerical job or an executive position in a government. Due to traditional gender roles, secretaria has been largely associated with the former occupation and secretario with the latter. As a result, sometimes a female head of a government department will be referred to as la secretario.

Derived terms

• secretaría
• secretarial
• vicesecretario

 

Further reading

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