secretario

== Galician == === Alternative forms === secretário (reintegrationist) === Etymology === Borrowed from Medieval Latin sēcrētārius. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /sekɾeˈtaɾjo/ [s̺e.kɾeˈt̪a.ɾjʊ] Rhymes: -aɾjo Hyphenation: se‧cre‧ta‧rio === Noun === secretario m (plural secretarios, feminine secretaria, feminine plural secretarias) secretary (person keeping records and handling clerical work) secretary (leading or managerial position in certain organizations) === Further reading === “secretario”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2026 == Latin == === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [seː.kreːˈtaː.ri.oː] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [se.kreˈtaː.ri.o] Hyphenation: sē‧crē‧tā‧ri‧ō === Noun === sēcrētāriō dative/ablative singular of sēcrētārium === Noun === sēcrētāriō dative/ablative singular of sēcrētārius == Spanish == === Etymology === Borrowed from Medieval Latin sēcrētārius. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /sekɾeˈtaɾjo/ [se.kɾeˈt̪a.ɾjo] Rhymes: -aɾjo Syllabification: se‧cre‧ta‧rio === Noun === secretario m (plural secretarios, feminine secretaria or secretario, feminine plural secretarias or secretarios) secretary (person keeping records and handling clerical work) secretary (head of a department of government) ==== Usage notes ==== Like the English word secretary, secretario can mean either a low-level clerical job or an executive position in a government. Due to traditional gender roles, secretaria has been largely associated with the former occupation and secretario with the latter. As a result, sometimes a female head of a government department will be referred to as la secretario. ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === “secretario”, 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