secretário
Portuguese, noun/se.kɾeˈta.ɾju/
secretário is spelled S-E-C-R-E-T-Á-R-I-O (10 letters) and appears 62 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 1,567th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Secretário is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “secretary (a person keeping records and handling clerical work)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “funcionário de secretaria”.
What does secretário mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinesecretary (a person keeping records and handling clerical work)
- 2
masculinesecretary (head of a department of government)
noun
- 1
masculinesecretary bird (Sagittarius serpentarius)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. funcionário de secretaria 2. ave de rapina diurna, única espécie da família Sagittariidae 3. cargo de ministro em algumas instâncias governamentais 4. confidente
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of secretário
- secretários plural
- secretária feminine
- secretárias feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce secretário?
- Brazil /se.kɾeˈta.ɾju/
- Portugal /sɨ.kɾɨˈta.ɾju/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to secretário
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is secretário in Portuguese?
secretário appears 62 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).