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

Related terms

Galician

Etymology 1

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
Related terms

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

  • “seco” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
  • “seco” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
  • “seco” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
  • “seco” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
  • “seco” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Italian

Etymology

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

From Proto-Italic *sekajō, 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

   Conjugation of secō (first conjugation)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present secō secās secat secāmus secātis secant
imperfect secābam secābās secābat secābāmus secābātis secābant
future secābō secābis secābit secābimus secābitis secābunt
perfect secuī secuistī secuit secuimus secuistis secuērunt,
secuēre
pluperfect secueram secuerās secuerat secuerāmus secuerātis secuerant
future perfect secuerō secueris secuerit secuerimus secueritis secuerint
passive present secor secāris,
secāre 		secātur secāmur secāminī secantur
imperfect secābar secābāris,
secābāre 		secābātur secābāmur secābāminī secābantur
future secābor secāberis,
secābere 		secābitur secābimur secābiminī secābuntur
perfect sectus + present active indicative of sum
pluperfect sectus + imperfect active indicative of sum
future perfect sectus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present secem secēs secet secēmus secētis secent
imperfect secārem secārēs secāret secārēmus secārētis secārent
perfect secuerim secuerīs secuerit secuerīmus secuerītis secuerint
pluperfect secuissem secuissēs secuisset secuissēmus secuissētis secuissent
passive present secer secēris,
secēre 		secētur secēmur secēminī secentur
imperfect secārer secārēris,
secārēre 		secārētur secārēmur secārēminī secārentur
perfect sectus + present active subjunctive of sum
pluperfect sectus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present — secā — — secāte —
future — secātō secātō — secātōte secantō
passive present — secāre — — secāminī —
future — secātor secātor — — secantor
non-finite forms active passive
present perfect future present perfect future
infinitives secāre secuisse sectūrum esse secārī sectum esse sectum īrī
participles secāns — sectūrus — sectus secandus
verbal nouns gerund supine
genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
secandī secandō secandum secandō sectum sectū

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

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
Related 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
Related terms
Descendants

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

seco

  1. first-person singular present indicative of secar

Further reading

Anagrams

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