sigiloso
التعريفات والمعاني
== Portuguese ==
=== Etymology ===
From sigilo + -oso.
=== Pronunciation ===
Hyphenation: si‧gi‧lo‧so
=== Adjective ===
sigiloso (feminine sigilosa, masculine plural sigilosos, feminine plural sigilosas, metaphonic)
secretive (characterised by secrecy)
(gay slang) down low (purporting to be heterosexual while engaged in sex with men)
=== Further reading ===
“sigiloso”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
“sigiloso”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
== Spanish ==
=== Etymology ===
From sigilo + -oso.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /sixiˈloso/ [si.xiˈlo.so]
Rhymes: -oso
Syllabification: si‧gi‧lo‧so
=== Adjective ===
sigiloso (feminine sigilosa, masculine plural sigilosos, feminine plural sigilosas)
sneaking, stealthy
Synonyms: arcano, escondido, recóndito
discreet
Synonym: discreto
secretive
Synonym: secreto
==== Derived terms ====
=== Further reading ===
“sigiloso”, 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