Skip to main content
PlainSpell

sub-reptício

Portuguese, adjective/su.bi.ʁepˈt͡ʃi.sju/

sub-reptício is a Portuguese adjective meaning “surreptitious” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “que se faz ou se busca com dissímulo ou de forma oculta”.

What does sub-reptício mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    surreptitious

Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Portuguese dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. que se faz ou se busca com dissímulo ou de forma oculta

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 sub-reptício

  • sub-reptícia feminine
  • sub-reptícios masculine plural
  • sub-reptícias feminine plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce sub-reptício?

  • Brazil /su.bi.ʁepˈt͡ʃi.sju/
  • Brazil [su.bi.hepˈt͡ʃi.sju]
  • Brazil /sub.ʁepˈt͡ʃi.sju/

Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to sub-reptício

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.