secar

From Latin siccāre, present active infinitive of siccō.

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

1. to dry

• secu

Inherited from Latin siccāre. By surface analysis, sec +‎ -ar.

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic)
• IPA^(key): (Valencia)

secar (first-person singular present seco, first-person singular preterite sequí, past participle secat); root stress: (Central) /ɛ/; (Valencia) /e/; (Balearic) /ə/

1. Alternative form of assecar

• “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.

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

• IPA^(key): /seˈkar/

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

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

• desecar
• seca
• secador
• seco
• sequeiro

• 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
• “secar”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2024
• 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
• “secar” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).
• 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

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

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secar

1. to dry; to dry out

    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

• assecar
• dessecar
• sec

• seccar (obsolete)

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

• Hyphenation: se‧car

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

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

   Synonym: evaporar

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

   Antonyms: aguar, molhar, humedecer, humidificar, humectar

   • 2022, “a cor púrpura”, performed by Djonga:

     Uma pessoa me tocou sem eu querer / E ainda me convenceu que eu gostava / Molhou com seu suor minha pele infantil / E secou minhas lágrimas sempre que eu chorava

     Someone touched me without my consent / And even convinced me that I liked it / They wet my infantile skin with their sweat / And dried my tears whenever I cried

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

   Synonyms: esgotar, mirrar, murchar

• desecar
• seca
• secador
• seco

• enxugar

Inherited from Latin siccāre.

• IPA^(key): /seˈkaɾ/

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• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: se‧car

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

1. (transitive, reflexive) to dry

• enjugar

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