subrepticio
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin subreptīcius.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /subɾebˈtiθjo/ [su.β̞ɾeβ̞ˈt̪i.θjo] (Spain)
- IPA(key): /subɾebˈtisjo/ [su.β̞ɾeβ̞ˈt̪i.sjo] (Latin America, Philippines)
- Rhymes: -iθjo (Spain)
- Rhymes: -isjo (Latin America, Philippines)
- Syllabification: su‧brep‧ti‧cio
Adjective
subrepticio (feminine subrepticia, masculine plural subrepticios, feminine plural subrepticias)
- stealthy (having or feigning stealth)
- clandestine, hidden
- surreptitious
Derived terms
Further reading
- “subrepticio”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024