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depositario

trustee; keeper

noun deh-poh-zee-TAH-ryoh Rare

Origin: From Latin depositarius (one entrusted with a deposit).

Also means

custodian of a tradition or secret

Usage Note

Depositario describes a person entrusted with safeguarding something — money, documents, secrets, or a cultural tradition. In legal Italian it has a precise meaning: a party who receives goods or assets in deposit (contratto di deposito). Figuratively, essere il depositario di un segreto means to be the keeper of a secret. The feminine form is depositaria.

Examples

"È il depositario dei segreti della famiglia."

Natural Translation

He is the keeper of the family's secrets.

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