secretária

See also: secretaria and secretaría

Portuguese

Etymology

Feminine of secretário (secretary), from Medieval Latin sēcrētārius (secretary).

Pronunciation

  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˌse.kɾe.ˈta.ɾi.a/, /ˌse.kɾe.ˈta.ɾja/, /ˌse.kɾe.ˈta.ɾi.ɐ/, /ˌse.kɾe.ˈta.ɾjɐ/
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /sɨ.kɾɨ.ˈta.ɾjɐ/
  • Hyphenation: se‧cre‧tá‧ri‧a

Adjective

secretária

  1. Feminine singular of adjective secretário.

Noun

secretária f (plural secretárias)

  1. female equivalent of secretário
  2. secretary (a type of desk)
    Synonyms: carteira, escrivaninha
  3. (computing) desktop (the main graphical user interface of an operating system)

Derived terms

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