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How to Say ‘One of your secrets’ in Portuguese

Um segredo seu

oom seh-greh-doo seh-oo

[oom seh-greh-doo seh-oo]

💬 Usage Tip: seu/sua can mean either "your" or "his/her," depending on context. Here um segredo seu means "one of your secrets," and seu after the noun often feels more like "of yours" than plain "your."

Phrase Breakdown

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Used before singular countable nouns when referring to an unspecified example of a type.

Example

Eu descobri um segredo seu ontem.

I discovered a secret of yours yesterday.

Segredo seu

seh-greh-doo seh-oo

Words in this phrase

segredo

[seh-greh-doo]

secret

Something that is kept or meant to be kept unknown or unseen by others.

Example

Ele sussurrou sobre um segredo seu.

He whispered about a secret of yours.

seu

[seh-oo]

of yours

Belonging to you; something that is yours.

Example

Será que posso contar um segredo seu?

Can I share a secret of yours?

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