seca

See also: Appendix:Variations of "seca"

Asturian

Noun

seca f (plural seques)

1. drought

Synonyms

• secura

Catalan

Etymology 1

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ˈsɛ.kə]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [ˈsə.kə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈse.ka]

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

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈsɛ.kə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈse.ka]

Noun

seca f (plural seques)

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

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ˈsɛ.kə]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [ˈsə.kə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈse.ka]

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈsekɐ]

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

• Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “seca”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “seca”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “seca”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “seca”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

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

• asce, case, esca

Latin

Verb

secā

1. second-person singular present active imperative of secō

References

• "seca", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)

Neapolitan

Noun

seca f

1. saw

Occitan

Pronunciation

• Audio (Béarn):

  (file)

Adjective

seca

1. feminine singular of sec

Portuguese

Etymology 1

Deverbal from secar.

Alternative forms

• sêca (pre-reform spelling, Brazil)
• secca (pre-standardization spelling)

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈse.kɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈse.kɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈse.ka/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈsɛ.kɐ/

• Rhymes: (Brazil) -ekɐ, (Portugal) -ɛkɐ
• Hyphenation: se‧ca

Noun

seca f (plural secas)

1. (meteorology) drought (period of unusually low rainfall)

   Synonym: estiagem

2. act of drying

   Synonym: secagem

3. (colloquial, figurative) nuisance; bore

   Synonym: chatice

   Que seca! ― What a drag!

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɛ.kɐ/

• 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

• IPA^(key): /ˈse.kɐ/

• Rhymes: -ekɐ
• Hyphenation: se‧ca

Adjective

seca

1. feminine singular of seco

Further reading

• “seca”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
• “seca”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

Romanian

Etymology 1

Inherited from Latin siccāre.

Verb

a seca (third-person singular present seacă, past participle secat, third-person subjunctive sece) 1st conjugation

1. to dry up
2. to strip (to completely take away, to plunder)
3. to drain, exhaust, empty

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

• secare

Related terms

• sec
• secăciune
• secetă

See also

• usca

Etymology 2

Inherited from Latin secāre, from Proto-Indo-European *sek- (“to cut”).

Verb

a seca (third-person singular present seacă, past participle secat) 1st conjugation

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈseka/ [ˈse.ka]

• Audio (Colombia):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -eka
• Syllabification: se‧ca
• Homophone: ceca

Adjective

seca

1. feminine singular of seco

Verb

seca

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