secretismo

Galician

Etymology

From secreto +‎ -ismo.

Noun

secretismo m (plural secretismos)

1. secrecy
2. secretiveness

Related terms

• secreto
• segredo

Portuguese

Etymology

From secreto +‎ -ismo.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /se.kɾeˈt͡ʃiz.mu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /se.kɾeˈt͡ʃiz.mu/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /se.kɾeˈt͡ʃiʒ.mu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /se.kɾeˈt͡ʃiz.mo/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /sɨ.kɾɨˈtiʒ.mu/

• Hyphenation: se‧cre‧tis‧mo

Noun

secretismo m (plural secretismos)

1. secrecy
2. secretiveness

Related terms

• secreto
• segredo

Further reading

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

Spanish

Etymology

From secreto +‎ -ismo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sekɾeˈtismo/ [se.kɾeˈt̪iz.mo]
• Rhymes: -ismo
• Syllabification: se‧cre‧tis‧mo

Noun

secretismo m (plural secretismos)

1. secrecy
   • 2015 July 10, “El libro que alumbró ‘Matar a un ruiseñor’: el regreso de Harper Lee”, in El País‎^[1]:

     La traducción, edición y lanzamiento de la novela se ha llevado con el máximo secretismo y con unas reglas propias para un libro de este calibre.

     The translation, edition and release of the novel has been carried out with the utmost secrecy and with its own rules for a book of this caliber.

2. secretiveness

   Synonym: puridad

Derived terms

• secretista

Further reading

• “secretismo”, 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