See also: secretário

Galician

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Alternative forms

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Pronunciation

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

Noun

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

  1. secretary

Latin

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Noun

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sēcrētāriō

  1. dative/ablative singular of sēcrētārius

Spanish

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Medieval Latin sēcrētārius, from Latin sēcrētus.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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

  1. secretary

Usage notes

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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.

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