seco

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See also: SECO, séco, secó, and secò

Asturian

Verb

seco

  1. first-person singular present indicative of secar

Catalan

Pronunciation

Verb

seco

  1. first-person singular present indicative of secar

Chavacano

Etymology

Inherited from Spanish seco.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈseko/,
  • Hyphenation: se‧co

Adjective

seco (feminine seca)

  1. dry
    Antonym: mojao

Galician

Etymology 1

Derived from Latin siccus.

Pronunciation

Adjective

seco (feminine seca, masculine plural secos, feminine plural secas)

  1. dry (free from or lacking moisture)
    Synonym: enxoito
    Antonym: húmido
  2. harsh
  3. skinny
  4. (of a staple food) alone, unaccompanied

Noun

seco m (plural secos)

  1. dry land

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

seco

  1. first-person singular present indicative of secar

Further reading

References

Italian

Etymology

Inherited from Latin sēcum.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈse.ko/
  • Rhymes: -eko
  • Hyphenation: sé‧co

Preposition

seco

  1. (archaic, literary) with oneself; within oneself; among themselves
  2. (archaic, literary) with him; with her; with them

See also

Further reading

  • seco in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams

Latin

Etymology

    Inherited from Proto-Italic *sekaō, from Proto-Indo-European *sek- (to cut). Cognates include Old Church Slavonic сѣщи (sěšti, to cut, hack, chop off) and Old English saga (English saw).

    Pronunciation

    Verb

    secō (present infinitive secāre, perfect active secuī, supine sectum); first conjugation

    1. to cut, cut off
      • 405 CE, Jerome, Vulgate Exodus.29.17:
        Ipsum autem arietem secabis in frustra: lotaque intestina ejus ac pedes, pones super concissas carnes, et super caput illius.
        And thou shalt cut the ram in pieces, and wash the inwards of him, and his legs, and put them unto his pieces, and unto his head.
    2. to cleave, divide
      Synonyms: dīvidō, sēgregō, sēparō, sēcernō, dirimō, intersaepiō, distinguō, discrībō
      Antonyms: illigō, colligō, ligō, nectō, cōnectō
    3. (medicine) to operate, amputate, perform surgery
    4. to castrate
    5. (by extension) to wound, injure
      Synonyms: feriō, vulnerō, noceō, īnfestō
    6. (figuratively) to hurt with one's words

    Conjugation

    Derived terms

    Descendants

    References

    • seco”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
    • seco”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
    • seco in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

    Lower Sorbian

    Pronunciation

    Verb

    seco

    1. third-person singular present of sec

    Portuguese

    Etymology 1

    Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese seco, from Latin siccus, from Proto-Indo-European *seyk-.

    Pronunciation

    Adjective

    seco (feminine seca, masculine plural secos, feminine plural secas, comparable, comparative mais seco, superlative o mais seco or sequíssimo, diminutive sequinho, augmentative secão)

    1. devoid of liquids; dry
      Antonyms: molhado, úmido, viscoso
    2. desiccated (of fruits and plants that have been desiccated)
      Synonyms: dissecado, ressecado
    3. withered
      Synonyms: murcho, ressequido
      Antonym: exuberante
    4. (figurative, of a person) insensible, apathetic, cold
      Synonyms: apático, frio, indiferente, insensível
      Antonyms: afável, extrovertido, sociável
    5. (of a person) slender, thin
      Synonyms: esguio, magro
      Antonyms: corpulento, gordo
    6. (of a person) impolite, rude
      Synonyms: malcriado, mal-educado, rude
      Antonyms: educado, cortês
    7. (of a place) arid, desertic
      Synonyms: árido, desértico
      Antonyms: chuvoso, úmido
    Derived terms

    Etymology 2

    See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

    Pronunciation

    • Hyphenation: se‧co

    Verb

    seco

    1. first-person singular present indicative of secar

    Further reading

    Spanish

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /ˈseko/
    • Rhymes: -eko
    • Syllabification: se‧co

    Etymology 1

    Inherited from Old Spanish, from Latin siccus, from Proto-Indo-European *seyk-.

    Adjective

    seco (feminine seca, masculine plural secos, feminine plural secas, superlative sequísimo)

    1. dry
      Antonyms: húmedo, mojado
    Derived terms
    Descendants

    Noun

    seco m (plural secos)

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      • 1996, “Cuerdas y Sogas Artesanales, Elaboración y Trenzado con Fibras Vegetales” (15:36 from the start), in (Please provide the book title or journal name):
        Un nuevo paso del seco por la cuerda, la dejará preparado para el plegado.
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    Etymology 2

    See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

    Verb

    seco

    1. first-person singular present indicative of secar

    Further reading

    Anagrams