seca

See also: secá, séca, secà, seča, and šéca

Asturian

Noun

seca f (plural seques)

1. drought

Synonyms

• secura

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Catalan

Etymology 1

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

seca

1. feminine singular of sec

Noun

seca f (plural seques)

1. sandbar, shoal, reef

   Synonyms: escull, secany

Etymology 2

From Arabic سِكَّة‎ (sikka).

Noun

seca f (plural seques)

1. mint (building or workshop where money is produced)

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Corsican

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɛka/
• Hyphenation: se‧ca

Noun

seca f (plural seche)

1. Alternative form of sega

References

• “sega, seca” in INFCOR: Banca di dati di a lingua corsa

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Galician

Seca ("lowtide")

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈsekɐ]

Etymology 1

From Latin siccus (“dry”).

Noun

seca f (plural secas)

1. drought
2. low tide

   Synonym: baixamar

Etymology 2

Adjective

seca

1. feminine singular of seco

Etymology 3

Verb

seca

1. third-person singular present indicative of secar
2. second-person singular imperative of secar

References

• “seca” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2012.
• “seca” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “seca” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “seca” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

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Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɛ.ka/
• Rhymes: -ɛka
• Hyphenation: sè‧ca

Verb

seca

1. inflection of secare:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Anagrams

• asce, case, esca

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Latin

Verb

secā

1. second-person singular present active imperative of secō

References

• seca in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)

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Neapolitan

Noun

seca f

1. saw

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Occitan

Pronunciation

• Audio (Béarn)

  (file)

Adjective

seca

1. feminine singular of sec

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Portuguese

Etymology

Back-formation from secar.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: se‧ca

(Noun, Verb):

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɛ.kɐ/, [ˈsɛ.kɐ]

• Rhymes: -ɛkɐ

(Adjective):

• IPA^(key): /ˈse.kɐ/, [ˈse.kɐ]

• Rhymes: -ekɐ

Noun

seca f (plural secas)

1. act of drying

   Synonym: secagem

2. (meteorology) drought (period of unusually low rainfall)
3. (colloquial, figuratively) nuisance; bore

   Que seca! ― What a drag!

   Synonym: chatice

Adjective

seca

1. feminine singular of seco

Verb

seca

1. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present indicative of secar
2. second-person singular (tu, sometimes used with você) affirmative imperative of secar

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Romanian

Etymology 1

From Latin siccāre, present active infinitive of siccō.

Verb

a seca (third-person singular present seacă, past participle secat) 1st conj.

1. to strip (to completely take away, to plunder)
2. to drain, exhaust, empty
3. to dry up

Conjugation

    conjugation of seca (first conjugation, no infix)

infinitive			a seca
gerund			secând
past participle			secat
number		singular			plural
person		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		eu	tu	el/ea	noi	voi	ei/ele
	present	sec	seci	seacă	secăm	secați	seacă
	imperfect	secam	secai	seca	secam	secați	secau
	simple perfect	secai	secași	secă	secarăm	secarăți	secară
	pluperfect	secasem	secaseși	secase	secaserăm	secaserăți	secaseră
subjunctive		eu	tu	el/ea	noi	voi	ei/ele
	present	să sec	să seci	să sece	să secăm	să secați	să sece
imperative		—	tu	—	—	voi	—
	affirmative		seacă			secați
	negative		nu seca			nu secați

Derived terms

• secare

Related terms

• sec
• secăciune
• secetă

See also

• usca

Etymology 2

From Latin secāre, present active infinitive of secō, from Proto-Indo-European *sek- (“to cut”).

Verb

a seca (third-person singular present seacă, past participle secat) 1st conj.

1. (rare) to cut; to reap, harvest

Synonyms

• tăia, secera

Etymology 3

Borrowed from Serbo-Croatian seka.

Noun

seca f (uncountable)

1. (regional, usually before a woman's name) lady, madam

   Synonyms: (popular) lele, mătușă, nană, tanti

2. (regional) sister-in-law

   Synonym: cumnată

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Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈseka/, [ˈse.ka]

• Audio (Colombia)

  (file)

• Homophone: ceca

Adjective

seca

1. feminine singular of seco

Verb

seca

1. Informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of secar.
2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present indicative form of secar.
3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present indicative form of secar.