secara

See also: secará and secară

Asturian

Verb

(deprecated template usage) secara

1. inflection of secar:
   1. first/third-person singular pluperfect indicative
   2. first/third-person singular imperfect preterite subjunctive

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Galician

Verb

secara

1. first/third-person singular pluperfect indicative of secar

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Indonesian

Etymology

Reconstructed as se- +‎ acara, from Malay secara. Compare Old Javanese sācāra (“in the manner of”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [səˈt͡ʃara]
• Hyphenation: sê‧ca‧ra

Adjective

sêcara

1. in a ___ way, ___-ly

Conjunction

sêcara

1. (slang) because [from 2006]

   Synonym: karena

Further reading

• “secara” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

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Portuguese

Verb

secara

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Romanian

Noun

secara

1. definite nominative/accusative singular of secară

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Spanish

Verb

secara

1. first/third-person singular imperfect subjunctive of secar