secretário
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See also: secretario
Portuguese
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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)
- secretary (a person keeping records and handling clerical work)
- secretary (head of a department of government)
Related terms
[edit]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)
- secretary bird (Sagittarius serpentarius)
- Synonym: serpentário
Further reading
[edit]- “secretário”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2024
- “secretário”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2024
- “secretário” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
- “secretário”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
- “secretário”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2024
- “secretário”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024
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