secar

Asturian

Etymology

From Latin siccāre, present active infinitive of siccō.

Verb

secar (first-person singular indicative present seco, past participle secáu)

1. to dry

Conjugation

Conjugation of secar

infinitive		secar
gerund		secando
past participle		m secáu, f secada, n secao, m pl secaos, f pl secaes
person		first singular yo	second singular tu	third singular él/elli	first plural nosotros/nós	second plural vosotros/vós	third plural ellos
indicative	present	seco	seques	seca	secamos	secáis	sequen
	imperfect	secaba	secabes	secaba	secábemos, secábamos	secabeis, secabais	secaben
	preterite	sequé	secasti, sequesti	secó	sequemos	secastis, sequestis	secaron
	pluperfect	secare, secara	secares, secaras	secare, secara	secáremos, secáramos	secareis, secarais	secaren, secaran
	future	secaré	secarás	secará	secaremos	secaréis	secarán
	conditional	secaría	secaríes	secaría	secaríemos, secaríamos	secaríeis, secaríais	secaríen
subjunctive	present	seque	seques, secas	seque	sequemos	sequéis	sequen, secan
	imperfect	secare, secara	secares, secaras	secare, secara	secáremos, secáramos	secareis, secarais	secaren, secaran
imperative		—	seca	—	—	secái	—

Related terms

• secu

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Catalan

Etymology

From Latin siccāre. By surface analysis, sec +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [səˈka]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [seˈkaɾ]

Verb

secar (first-person singular present seco, first-person singular preterite sequí, past participle secat)

1. Alternative form of assecar

Further reading

• “secar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “secar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

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Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician and Old Galician-Portuguese secar (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin siccāre, present active infinitive of siccō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /seˈkar/

Verb

1. to dry

   Synonym: desecar

2. to wipe dry

   Synonym: enxugar

3. to become dry

   Synonyms: agostar, estiñar

4. to wither

   Synonym: agostar

5. (of a mammal animal) to cease to milk, to dry

   Synonym: estiñar

6. first/third-person singular future subjunctive of secar
7. first/third-person singular personal infinitive of secar

Derived terms

• desecar
• seca
• secador
• seco
• sequeiro

References

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “secar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “secar”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “secar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “secar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “secar”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

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Occitan

Etymology

From Old Occitan, from Latin siccāre, present active infinitive of siccō.

Pronunciation

• Audio:

  (file)

Verb

secar

1. to dry; to dry out

Conjugation

    Lengadocian (Central Occitan)

		simple			compound
infinitive		secar			aver secat
gerund		secant			use gerund of aver + past participle
past participle		secat			—
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	sequi	secas	seca	secam	secatz	secan
	imperfect	secavi	secavas	secava	secàvem	secàvetz	secavan
	preterite	sequèri	sequères	sequèt	sequèrem	sequèretz	sequèron
	future	secarai	secaràs	secarà	secarem	secaretz	secaràn
	conditional	secariái	secariás	secariá	secariam	secariatz	secarián
	conditional 2nd form1	sequèra	sequèras	sequèra	sequeram	sequeratz	sequèran
compound tenses	present perfect	use the present tense of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle
	past anterior	use the preterite tense of aver + past participle
	future perfect	use the future tense of aver + past participle
	conditional perfect	use the conditional tense of aver + past participle
subjunctive		que ieu	que tu	que el	que nosautres	que vosautres	que eles
	present	seque	seques	seque	sequem	sequetz	sequen
	imperfect	sequèssi	sequèsses	sequèsse	sequèssem	sequèssetz	sequèsson
compound tenses	past	use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle
imperative		—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
			seca		sequem	secatz	1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects

    Auvernhàs

		simple			compound
infinitive		secar			aver secat
gerund		secant			use gerund of aver + past participle
past participle		secat			—
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	seque	seques	seca	secam	secatz	secon
	imperfect	secave	secaves	secava	secaviam	secaviatz	secavon
	preterite	sequere	sequeres	sequet	sequem	sequetz	sequeron
	future	secarai	secaràs	secará	secarem	secaretz	secarán
	conditional	secariá	secariás	secariá	secariam	secariatz	secarián
	conditional 2nd form1	sequèra	sequèras	sequèra	sequeram	sequeratz	sequèran
compound tenses	present perfect	use the present tense of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle
	past anterior	use the preterite tense of aver + past participle
	future perfect	use the future tense of aver + past participle
	conditional perfect	use the conditional tense of aver + past participle
subjunctive		que ieu	que tu	que el	que nosautres	que vosautres	que eles
	present	seque	seques	seque	secassiam	secassiatz	secon
	imperfect	sequesse	sequesses	sequesse	sequessiam	sequessiatz	sequesson
compound tenses	past	use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle
imperative		—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
			seca		secassiam	secatz	1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects

    Gascon

		simple			compound
infinitive		secar			aver secat
gerund		secant			use gerund of aver + past participle
past participle		secat			—
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	sequi	secas	seca	secam	secatz	secan
	imperfect	secavi	secavas	secava	secàvam	secàvatz	secavan
	preterite	sequèi	sequès	sequè	sequèm	sequètz	sequèn
	future	secarèi	secaràs	secarà	secaram	secaratz	secaràn
	conditional	secarí	secarés	secaré	secarem	secaretz	secarén
	conditional 2nd form1	sequèra	sequèras	sequèra	sequeram	sequeratz	sequèran
compound tenses	present perfect	use the present tense of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle
	past anterior	use the preterite tense of aver + past participle
	future perfect	use the future tense of aver + past participle
	conditional perfect	use the conditional tense of aver + past participle
subjunctive		que ieu	que tu	que el	que nosautres	que vosautres	que eles
	present	sequi	seques	seque	sequem	sequetz	sequen
	imperfect	sequèssi	sequèsses	sequèsse	sequèssem	sequèssetz	sequèssen
compound tenses	past	use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle
imperative		—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
			seca		sequem	secatz	1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects

    Lemosin

		simple			compound
infinitive		secar			aver secat
gerund		secant			use gerund of aver + past participle
past participle		secat			—
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	seque	secas	seca	secam	secatz	secan
	imperfect	secava	secavas	secava	secàvam	secàvatz	secavan
	preterite	sequei	sequeras	sequet	sequèram	sequèratz	sequeran
	future	secarai	secaràs	secará	secarem	secaretz	secarán
	conditional	secariá	secariàs	secariá	secariam	secariatz	secarián
	conditional 2nd form1	sequèra	sequèras	sequèra	sequeram	sequeratz	sequèran
compound tenses	present perfect	use the present tense of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle
	past anterior	use the preterite tense of aver + past participle
	future perfect	use the future tense of aver + past participle
	conditional perfect	use the conditional tense of aver + past participle
subjunctive		que ieu	que tu	que el	que nosautres	que vosautres	que eles
	present	seque	seques	seque	sequem	sequetz	sequen
	imperfect	sequèsse	sequèsses	sequèsse	sequèssem	sequèssetz	sequèssen
compound tenses	past	use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle
imperative		—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
			seca		sequem	secatz	1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects

    Provençau

		simple			compound
infinitive		secar			aver secat
gerund		secant			use gerund of aver + past participle
past participle		secat			—
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	seque	seques	seca	secam	secatz	secan
	imperfect	secavi	secavas	secava	secàvem	secàvetz	secavan
	preterite	sequère	sequères	sequèt	sequeriam	sequeriatz	sequèron
	future	secarai	secaràs	secarà	secarem	secaretz	secaràn
	conditional	secariáu	secariás	secariá	secariam	secariatz	secarián
	conditional 2nd form1	sequèra	sequèras	sequèra	sequeram	sequeratz	sequèran
compound tenses	present perfect	use the present tense of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle
	past anterior	use the preterite tense of aver + past participle
	future perfect	use the future tense of aver + past participle
	conditional perfect	use the conditional tense of aver + past participle
subjunctive		que ieu	que tu	que el	que nosautres	que vosautres	que eles
	present	seque	seques	seque	sequem	sequetz	secan
	imperfect	sequèsse	sequèsses	sequèsse	sequessiam	sequessiatz	sequèsson
compound tenses	past	use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle
imperative		—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
			seca		sequem	secatz	1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects

Related terms

• assecar
• dessecar
• sec

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Portuguese

Alternative forms

• seccar (obsolete)

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese, from Latin siccāre, present active infinitive of siccō, from siccus (“dry”), from Proto-Indo-European *seyk-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /se.ˈka(ɹ)/
• IPA^(key): /se.ˈka(ɻ)/
• IPA^(key): /sɨˈkaɾ/
• Hyphenation: se‧car

Verb

1. (intransitive) to dry (to become dry)

   Synonym: evaporar

2. (transitive) to dry (to make dry)

   Antonyms: aguar, molhar, humedecer, humidificar, humectar.

3. to dry up (to deprive someone of something vital)
4. (intransitive) to wither (to shrivel, droop or dry up)

   Synonyms: esgotar, mirrar, murchar

Related terms

• desecar
• seca
• secador
• seco

See also

• enxugar

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Spanish

Etymology

From Latin siccāre, present active infinitive of siccō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /seˈkaɾ/ [seˈkaɾ]

• Audio (Colombia):

  (file)

Verb

secar (first-person singular present seco, first-person singular preterite sequé, past participle secado)

1. (transitive, reflexive) to dry

Conjugation

    Conjugation of secar (c-qu alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			secar
gerund			secando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		secado		secada
		plural		secados		secadas
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	seco	secastú secásvos	seca	secamos	secáis	secan
	imperfect	secaba	secabas	secaba	secábamos	secabais	secaban
	preterite	sequé	secaste	secó	secamos	secasteis	secaron
	future	secaré	secarás	secará	secaremos	secaréis	secarán
	conditional	secaría	secarías	secaría	secaríamos	secaríais	secarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	seque	sequestú sequésvos2	seque	sequemos	sequéis	sequen
	imperfect (ra)	secara	secaras	secara	secáramos	secarais	secaran
	imperfect (se)	secase	secases	secase	secásemos	secaseis	secasen
	future1	secare	secares	secare	secáremos	secareis	secaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		secatú secávos	seque	sequemos	secad	sequen
	negative		no seques	no seque	no sequemos	no sequéis	no sequen

¹Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of secar (c-qu alternation)

These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
with infinitive secar
	dative	secarme	secarte	secarle, secarse	secarnos	secaros	secarles, secarse
	accusative	secarme	secarte	secarlo, secarla, secarse	secarnos	secaros	secarlos, secarlas, secarse
with gerund secando
	dative	secándome	secándote	secándole, secándose	secándonos	secándoos	secándoles, secándose
	accusative	secándome	secándote	secándolo, secándola, secándose	secándonos	secándoos	secándolos, secándolas, secándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative seca
	dative	sécame	sécate	sécale	sécanos	not used	sécales
	accusative	sécame	sécate	sécalo, sécala	sécanos	not used	sécalos, sécalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative secá
	dative	secame	secate	secale	secanos	not used	secales
	accusative	secame	secate	secalo, secala	secanos	not used	secalos, secalas
with formal second-person singular imperative seque
	dative	séqueme	not used	séquele, séquese	séquenos	not used	séqueles
	accusative	séqueme	not used	séquelo, séquela, séquese	séquenos	not used	séquelos, séquelas
with first-person plural imperative sequemos
	dative	not used	sequémoste	sequémosle	sequémonos	sequémoos	sequémosles
	accusative	not used	sequémoste	sequémoslo, sequémosla	sequémonos	sequémoos	sequémoslos, sequémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative secad
	dative	secadme	not used	secadle	secadnos	secaos	secadles
	accusative	secadme	not used	secadlo, secadla	secadnos	secaos	secadlos, secadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative sequen
	dative	séquenme	not used	séquenle	séquennos	not used	séquenles, séquense
	accusative	séquenme	not used	séquenlo, séquenla	séquennos	not used	séquenlos, séquenlas, séquense

Derived terms

• resecar
• secadero
• secado
• secador
• secadora
• secamanos
• secamente
• secamiento
• secano
• secante
• secaplatos
• secarropas
• sequía

 

Related terms

• desecar
• ensecar
• seco

See also

• enjugar

Further reading

• “secar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014