sigilo

Latin

Noun

sigilō

dative/ablative singular of sigilum

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin sigillum, a diminutive of signum. Doublet of the inherited selo.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /siˈʒi.lu/

Hyphenation: si‧gi‧lo

Noun

sigilo m (plural sigilos)

secrecy

Spanish

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /siˈxilo/ [siˈxi.lo]
Rhymes: -ilo
Syllabification: si‧gi‧lo

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin sigillum, a diminutive of signum. Doublet of the inherited sello. Cognate with English sigil and seal.

Noun

sigilo m (plural sigilos)

Derived terms

sigiloso

Verb

sigilo

first-person singular present indicative of sigilar

Further reading

“sigilo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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