seca

Noun

seca f (plural seques)

1. drought

Adjective

seca

1. feminine singular of sec

Noun

seca f (plural seques)

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

Etymology

From Latin siccus (“dry”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈseka̝/.

Noun

seca f (plural secas)

1. drought

Verb

seca

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

References

• “seca” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006-2012.
• “seca” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
• “seca” in Santamarina, Antón (coord.): Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
• “seca” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Verb

seca

1. third-person singular present indicative of secare
2. second-person singular imperative of secare

Anagrams

• asce, case, esca

Verb

secā

1. second-person singular present active imperative of secō

References

• seca in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)

Noun

seca f

1. saw

Etymology

Back-formation from secar.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: se‧ca

Noun

seca f (plural secas)

1. act of drying
2. (meteorology) drought (period of unusually low rainfall)
3. (colloquial, figuratively) nuisance; bore

   Que seca! ― What a drag!

Verb

seca

1. Third-person singular (ele, ela, also used with tu and você^?) present indicative of secar
2. Second-person singular (tu) affirmative imperative of secar

Etymology 1

From Latin siccāre, present active infinitive of siccō.

Etymology 2

From Latin secāre, present active infinitive of secō, from Proto-Indo-European *sek- (“to cut”).

Pronunciation

• Homophone: ceca

Verb

seca

1. Informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of secar.
2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present indicative form of secar.
3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present indicative form of secar.