sekreto

Central Bikol

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish secreto.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /seˈkɾeto/ [seˈkɾe.to]
  • Hyphenation: se‧kre‧to

Noun

sekréto (Basahan spelling ᜐᜒᜃ᜔ᜍᜒᜆᜓ)

  1. secret
    Synonym: hilom

Derived terms

  • magsekreto
  • sekretohan
  • sekretohon
  • sekretariya
  • sekretariyo

Esperanto

Etymology

From Latin sēcrētus (separate, set apart), from the verb sēcernō, from se- (apart) + cernō (sift). Doublet of sekretario.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /seˈkreto/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -eto
  • Syllabification: se‧kre‧to

Noun

sekreto (accusative singular sekreton, plural sekretoj, accusative plural sekretojn)

  1. a secret; private affair; confidentiality.
    publika sekretoopen secret
    ŝtataj sekretojstate secrets
    profesia sekretoprofessional confidentiality
  2. enigma; something that is not properly understood; a mystery.
    la sekretoj de la Naturothe mysteries of nature
  3. trick; a clever means or way of achieveing; knack.
    la sekreto de la sukceso, de la feliĉothe secret of success, of happiness

Derived terms

Ladino

Alternative forms

Adjective

sekreto (Hebrew spelling סיקריטו)[1]

  1. secret (hidden)
    • 19th century, Sa'adi Besalel a-Levi, edited by Aron Rodrigue, Sarah Abrevaya Stein, A Jewish Voice from Ottoman Salonica: The Ladino Memoir of Sa'adi Besalel A-Levi[1], Stanford University Press, published 2012, →ISBN, page 204:
      I los ke avian aparte dela gabela de la komunita avian gabelikas sekretas.
      Besides the community gabelle, there were also small, secret gabelles.

Noun

sekreto m (Hebrew spelling סיקריטו)[1]

  1. secret (knowledge that is hidden and intended to be kept hidden)
    • 2001, M. Mitchell Serels, editor, Semana Sepharad: The Lectures : Studies on Sephardic Jewry : Exploring the Spanish Roots of Sephardic Culture[2], J.E. Safra Institute of Sephardic Studies, Yeshiva University, page 9:
      "Elya guadrava el sekreto de mi afin de no avergonsarme en imazhinandome ke era una espesia de karidad ke mos era echa."
      She was keeping my secret so as to avoid shaming me into thinking that it was a kind of charity that was made to us.
    • 2006, יעקב כולי, מעם לועז בראשית: לקט : בצירוף מבואות, גלוסאר ומפתחות[3], הוצאת מכון מעלה אדומים, →ISBN, page 31:
      I ansi el yesod del djudezmo es de saver i kreer ke todos estos son sekretos santos i muy ondos investidos komo kuentos.
      And hence Judaism’s foundation is from knowing and believing that all these things are sacred secrets and very deeply invested as accounts.

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 sekreto”, in Trezoro de la Lengua Djudeoespanyola [Treasury of the Judeo-Spanish Language] (in Ladino, Hebrew, and English), Instituto Maale Adumim

Tagalog

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish secreto, from Latin sēcrētum. The alternate pronunciation was reinforced by English secret. Doublet of sekreta.

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog)
    • IPA(key): /sekˈɾeto/ [sɛkˈɾɛː.t̪o]
    • IPA(key): /sikˈɾeto/ [sɪkˈɾɛː.t̪o] (English reinforced)
  • Rhymes: -eto
  • Syllabification: sek‧re‧to

Adjective

sekreto (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜒᜃ᜔ᜇᜒᜆᜓ)

  1. secret
    Synonym: lihim

See also

Noun

sekreto (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜒᜃ᜔ᜇᜒᜆᜓ)

  1. secret
    Synonym: lihim

Derived terms

  • isekreto
  • magsekreto
  • masekreto
  • pagkasekreto
  • pasekreto
  • sekretuhan
  • sekretuhin
  • sekreta
  • sekretarya
  • sekretaryo
  • sekreto-de-amor
  • sekreto-de-amor-na-puti