amigo secreto
التعريفات والمعاني
== Portuguese ==
=== Etymology ===
Literally, “secret friend”.
=== Pronunciation ===
=== Noun ===
amigo secreto m (plural amigos secretos)
(Brazil) secret Santa (a Christmas tradition where a group of people give anonymous gifts to each other, with each person randomly selected to give a gift to one other person)
Synonym: amigo oculto
secret Santa (the person who buys a present for another in a secret-Santa exchange)
=== Further reading ===
“amigo secreto”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
== Spanish ==
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /aˌmiɡo seˈkɾeto/ [aˌmi.ɣ̞o seˈkɾe.t̪o]
Syllabification: a‧mi‧go se‧cre‧to
=== Noun ===
amigo secreto m (plural amigos secretos, feminine amiga secreta, feminine plural amigas secretas)
synonym of amigo invisible (“secret Santa”)
=== Further reading ===
“amigo, ga secreto”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025