secretário

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌse.kɾe.ˈta.ɾi.u/, /ˌse.kɾe.ˈta.ɾju/
• (South Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌse.kɾe.ˈta.ɾi.o/, /ˌse.kɾe.ˈta.ɾjo/
• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /sɨ.kɾɨ.ˈta.ɾju/
• Hyphenation: se‧cre‧tá‧ri‧o

Borrowed from Medieval Latin sēcrētārius (“secretary”), from Latin sēcrētus, perfect passive participle of sēcernō (“I separate; I part; I reject”).

secretário m (plural secretários, feminine secretária, feminine plural secretárias)

1. secretary (a person keeping records and handling clerical work)
2. secretary (head of a department of government)

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-ṭāʾir, “hunter bird”), from صَقْر‎ (ṣaqr, “falcon, hawk”) طَائِر‎ (ṭāʾir, “bird”); see secretary bird.

secretário m (plural secretários)

1. secretary bird (Sagittarius serpentarius)

   Synonym: serpentário