seco

See also séco, and secò

Galician

Verb

seco

1. first-person singular present indicative of secar

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Italian

Etymology

From Latin secum, the only form of cum + se. (The form cum se resonated with an obscene word and was therefore shunned).

Preposition

seco

1. (literary) with oneself
2. along

   Portalo seco- Bring him along.

See also

• meco
• teco

Anagrams

• cose, esco, OCSE

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Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *sek- (“to cut”). Cognates include Old Church Slavonic сѣщи (sěšti, “to cut, hack, chop off”) and Old English saga (English saw).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA: /ˈse.koː/

Verb

present active secō, present infinitive secāre, perfect active secuī, supine sectum.

1. I cut, cut off.
2. I cleave, divide.
3. (medicine) I operate, amputate, perform surgery.
4. I castrate.
5. (by extension) I wound, injure.
6. (figuratively) I hurt with my words.

Inflection

First Conjugation

indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	secō	secās	secat	secāmus	secātis	secant
	future	secābō	secābis	secābit	secābimus	secābitis	secābunt
	imperfect	secābam	secābās	secābat	secābāmus	secābātis	secābant
	perfect	secuī	secuistī	secuit	secuimus	secuistis	secuērunt
	future perfect	secuerō	secueris	secuerit	secuerimus	secueritis	secuerint
	pluperfect	secueram	secuerās	secuerat	secuerāmus	secuerātis	secuerant
passive	present	secor	secāris	secātur	secāmur	secāminī	secantur
	future	secābor	secāberis	secābitur	secābimur	secābiminī	secābuntur
	imperfect	secābar	secābāris	secābātur	secābāmur	secābāminī	secābantur
	perfect	Use sectus m, secta f, sectum n followed by the present indicative of sum.
	future perfect	Use sectus m, secta f, sectum n followed by the future indicative of sum.
	pluperfect	Use sectus m, secta f, sectum n followed by the imperfect indicative of sum.
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	secem	secēs	secet	secēmus	secētis	secent
	imperfect	secārem	secārēs	secāret	secārēmus	secārētis	secārent
	perfect	secuerim	secuerīs	secuerit	secuerīmus	secuerītis	secuerint
	pluperfect	secuissem	secuissēs	secuisset	secuissēmus	secuissētis	secuissent
passive	present	secer	secēris	secētur	secēmur	secēminī	secentur
	imperfect	secārer	secārēris	secārētur	secārēmur	secārēminī	secārentur
	perfect	Use sectus m, secta f, sectum n followed by the present subjunctive of sum.
	pluperfect	Use sectus m, secta f, sectum n followed by the imperfect subjunctive of sum.
imperatives		active			passive
		present (you)	future (you)	future (he/she)	present (you)	future (you)	future (he/she)
	singular	secā	secātō	secātō	secāre	secātor	secātor
	plural	secāte	secātōte	secantō	secāminī	—	secantor
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		secāre	secuisse	sectūrus esse	secārī	sectus esse	sectum īrī
participles		secāns (secantis)	—	sectūrus-ra, -rum	—	sectus-a, -um	secandus-nda, -ndum

Derived terms

• dissecō
• intersecō
• persecō
• secta
• sectārius
• sector

Descendants

Catalan: segar French: scier Italian: secare, segare Occitan: segar

Portuguese: segar Romanian: seca Romansch: segar, sagear, sger, saer, sgiar Spanish: segar

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Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin siccus.

Pronunciation

• IPA: [ˈseku]

Adjective

seco m (feminine seca plural secos feminine plural secas; comparable)

1. Devoid of liquids; dry.

Inflection

  Inflection of the Portuguese adjective seco

• Adjectives with this inflection include: arcaico, branco, pouco.

	singular		plural
	masculine	feminine	masculine	feminine
positive	seco	seca	secos	secas
comparative	mais seco	mais seca	mais secos	mais secas
superlative	o mais seco sequíssimo	a mais seca sequíssima	os mais secos sequíssimos	as mais secas sequíssimas

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Spanish

Etymology

From Latin siccus.

Adjective

seco m (feminine seca, masculine plural secos, feminine plural secas)

1. dry

Antonyms

• húmedo
• mojado

Derived terms

• fruto seco
• secar
• sequía
• sequedad
• reseco

Verb

seco (infinitive secar)

1. First-person singular (yo) present indicative form of secar.