seca

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Asturian

Noun

seca f (plural seques)

  1. drought

Synonyms

Catalan

Etymology 1

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

Adjective

seca

  1. feminine singular of sec

Noun

seca f (plural seques)

  1. sandbar, shoal, reef
    Synonyms: escull, secany

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Arabic سِكَّة (sikka).

Pronunciation

Noun

seca f (plural seques)

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

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

Verb

seca

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

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

Galician

Seca ("lowtide")

Pronunciation

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

References

  • “seca” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
  • “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.

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

Latin

Verb

secā

  1. second-person singular present active imperative of secō

References

Neapolitan

Noun

seca f

  1. saw

Occitan

Pronunciation

  • Audio (Béarn)(file)

Adjective

seca

  1. feminine singular of sec

Portuguese

Etymology 1

Deverbal from secar.

Pronunciation

 

  • Rhymes: -ɛkɐ
  • Hyphenation: se‧ca

Noun

seca f (plural secas)

  1. act of drying
    Synonym: secagem
  2. (meteorology) drought (period of unusually low rainfall)
    Synonym: estiagem
  3. (colloquial, figurative) nuisance; bore
    Synonym: chatice
    Que seca! ― What a drag!

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -ɛkɐ
  • Hyphenation: se‧ca

Verb

seca

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

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -ekɐ
  • Hyphenation: se‧ca

Adjective

seca

  1. feminine singular of seco

Romanian

Etymology 1

Inherited 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
Related terms

See also

Etymology 2

Inherited 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

Spanish

Pronunciation

Adjective

seca

  1. feminine singular of seco

Verb

seca

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