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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Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese, from Latin siccāre, present active infinitive of siccō.

Verb

1. to dry
2. first/third-person singular future subjunctive of secar
3. first/third-person singular personal infinitive of secar

Related terms

• secador
• seco
• secarse

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Occitan

Etymology

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

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

Synonyms

• (to become dry): evaporar
• (to dry up): esgotar, mirrar, murchar
• (to wither): murchar

Antonyms

• (to make dry): aguar, molhar, umidecer, umidificar

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]

Verb

1. to dry

Derived terms

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

 

Related terms

• desecar
• ensecar
• seco

See also

• enjugar