secura

Asturian

Noun

secura f (plural secures)

1. drought

   Synonym: seca

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /seˈku.ra/
• Rhymes: -ura
• Hyphenation: se‧cù‧ra

Adjective

secura

1. feminine singular of securo

Anagrams

• Creusa, Surace, sucare

Latin

Pronunciation

• sēcūra:
  • (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [seːˈkuː.ra]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [seˈkuː.ra]
• sēcūrā:
  • (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [seːˈkuː.raː]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [seˈkuː.ra]

Adjective

sēcūra

1. inflection of sēcūrus:
   1. nominative/vocative feminine singular
   2. nominative/accusative/nominative neuter plural

Adjective

sēcūrā

1. ablative feminine singular of sēcūrus

Portuguese

Etymology

Etymology tree

Portuguese seco

Proto-Indo-European *-tew-?

Proto-Indo-European *-r-eh₂?

Classical Latin -tūra

Latin -ūra

Portuguese -ura

Portuguese secura

From seco (“dry”) + -ura.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /seˈku.ɾɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /seˈku.ɾɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /seˈku.ɾa/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /sɨˈku.ɾɐ/

• Rhymes: -uɾɐ
• Hyphenation: se‧cu‧ra

Noun

secura f (plural securas)

1. dryness

   Synonym: sequidão

   Antonym: umidade

2. drought

   Synonyms: estiagem, seca

Further reading

• “secura”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “secura”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2026
• “secura” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
• “secura”, in Dicionário Infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026
• “secura”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2026, →ISBN
• “secura”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026