# secreto
## Asturian
### Adjective

secreto
* neuter of secretu

## Catalan
### Verb

secreto
* first-person singular present indicative of secretar

## Galician
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin secrētus. Doublet of segredo.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /seˈkɾeto/ [s̺eˈkɾe.t̪ʊ]
* Rhymes: -eto
* Hyphenation: se‧cre‧to

### Adjective

secreto (feminine secreta, masculine plural secretos, feminine plural secretas)
* secret

#### Related terms

* segredo

### Further reading

* “secreto”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025

## Italian
### Etymology 1

From Latin sēcrētus.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /seˈkre.to/
** Rhymes: -eto
** Hyphenation: se‧cré‧to
* IPA: /seˈkrɛ.to/
** Rhymes: -ɛto
** Hyphenation: se‧crè‧to

#### Adjective

secreto (feminine secreta, masculine plural secreti, feminine plural secrete) (literary)
* Alternative form of segreto (“secret, hidden”)

#### Noun

secreto m (plural secreti) (literary)
* Alternative form of segreto (“secret”)

### Etymology 2
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /seˈkrɛ.to/
* Rhymes: -ɛto
* Hyphenation: se‧crè‧to

#### Participle

secreto (feminine secreta, masculine plural secreti, feminine plural secrete)
* past participle of secernere

#### Adjective

secreto (feminine secreta, masculine plural secreti, feminine plural secrete)
* (relational) secretion; secreted

#### Noun

secreto m (plural secreti)
* secretion

#### Related terms

* secretivo
* secretore
* secretorio
* secrezione

### Etymology 3
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /seˈkre.to/
** Rhymes: -eto
** Hyphenation: se‧cré‧to
* IPA: /seˈkrɛ.to/
** Rhymes: -ɛto
** Hyphenation: se‧crè‧to

#### Verb

secreto
* first-person singular present indicative of secretare

### References

* 1 2 3 secreto in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

### Anagrams

* Cortese, certose, cortese, cretose, escreto, estorce

## Latin
### Participle

sēcrētō
* dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of sēcrētus

### References

* “secreto”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
* “secreto”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
* secreto in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
* secreto in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎, pre-publication website, 2005-2016

## Portuguese
### Pronunciation

* Rhymes: -ɛtu
* (Brazil) IPA: /seˈkɾɛ.tu/
* (Brazil) IPA: /seˈkɾɛ.tu/
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /seˈkɾɛ.to/
* (Portugal) IPA: /sɨˈkɾɛ.tu/
* Hyphenation: se‧cre‧to

### Etymology 1

Learned borrowing from Latin sēcrētus. Doublet of segredo.

#### Adjective

secreto (feminine secreta, masculine plural secretos, feminine plural secretas, comparable, comparative mais secreto, superlative o mais secreto or secretíssimo)
* secret

##### Related terms

* segredo

#### Noun

secreto m (plural secretos)
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### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Verb

secreto
* first-person singular present indicative of secretar

## Spanish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /seˈkɾeto/ [seˈkɾe.t̪o]
* Rhymes: -eto
* Syllabification: se‧cre‧to

### Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin secrētus.

#### Adjective

secreto (feminine secreta, masculine plural secretos, feminine plural secretas)
* secret

##### Derived terms

* agente secreta
* agente secreto
* policía secreta
* secreto de Estado
* secreto de naturaleza
* servicio secreto
* sociedad secreta

### Etymology 2

Borrowed from Latin secrētum.

#### Noun

secreto m (plural secretos)
* a secret
    guardar el secretokeep the secret
* secrecy
    Synonym: sigilo

##### Derived terms

* de secreto
* en secreto
* secretamente
* secretear
* secreteo
* secreto a voces
* secreto profesional
* servicio secreto

##### Descendants

* → Tagalog: sekreto

### Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Verb

secreto
* first-person singular present indicative of secretar

### Further reading

* “secreto”, 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