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secreto

secret

noun adjective seh-KREH-toh Less Common

Origin: From Latin secretus (set apart, hidden).

Usage Note

Secreto functions as both noun and adjective: guardar un secreto (to keep a secret), una reunión secreta (a secret meeting). The phrase en secreto means 'in secret' or 'secretly'. Secreto a voces is a Spanish idiom for an 'open secret' — something everyone knows but no one officially states. The feminine adjective form is secreta.

Examples

"Prometió guardar el secreto."

Natural Translation

He promised to keep the secret.

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