resecar

Interlingua

Verb

resecar

1. to resect

Conjugation

    Conjugation of resecar

infinitive		resecar
participle		present	perfect
		resecante	resecate
active		simple	perfect
	present	reseca	ha resecate
	past	resecava	habeva resecate
	future	resecara	habera resecate
	conditional	resecarea	haberea resecate
	imperative	reseca	—
passive		simple	perfect
	present	es resecate	ha essite resecate
	past	esseva resecate	habeva essite resecate
	future	essera resecate	habera essite resecate
	conditional	esserea resecate	haberea essite resecate
	imperative	sia resecate	—

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /reseˈkaɾ/ [re.seˈkaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: re‧se‧car

Etymology 1

From Latin resecāre (“cut”), from re- +‎ Latin secāre (“cut”). Likely doublet of rasgar.

Verb

resecar (first-person singular present reseco, first-person singular preterite resequé, past participle resecado)

1. (surgery, transitive) to resect

Conjugation

    Conjugation of resecar (c-qu alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			resecar
gerund			resecando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		resecado		resecada
		plural		resecados		resecadas
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	reseco	resecastú resecásvos	reseca	resecamos	resecáis	resecan
	imperfect	resecaba	resecabas	resecaba	resecábamos	resecabais	resecaban
	preterite	resequé	resecaste	resecó	resecamos	resecasteis	resecaron
	future	resecaré	resecarás	resecará	resecaremos	resecaréis	resecarán
	conditional	resecaría	resecarías	resecaría	resecaríamos	resecaríais	resecarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	reseque	resequestú resequésvos2	reseque	resequemos	resequéis	resequen
	imperfect (ra)	resecara	resecaras	resecara	resecáramos	resecarais	resecaran
	imperfect (se)	resecase	resecases	resecase	resecásemos	resecaseis	resecasen
	future1	resecare	resecares	resecare	resecáremos	resecareis	resecaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		resecatú resecávos	reseque	resequemos	resecad	resequen
	negative		no reseques	no reseque	no resequemos	no resequéis	no resequen

¹Rare; now chiefly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tuteo-form for the present subjunctive.

Derived terms

• resecable

Etymology 2

From Latin resiccāre, equivalent to re- +‎ secar.

Verb

resecar (first-person singular present reseco, first-person singular preterite resequé, past participle resecado)

1. to desiccate, to dry a lot

Conjugation

    Conjugation of resecar (c-qu alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			resecar
gerund			resecando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		resecado		resecada
		plural		resecados		resecadas
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	reseco	resecastú resecásvos	reseca	resecamos	resecáis	resecan
	imperfect	resecaba	resecabas	resecaba	resecábamos	resecabais	resecaban
	preterite	resequé	resecaste	resecó	resecamos	resecasteis	resecaron
	future	resecaré	resecarás	resecará	resecaremos	resecaréis	resecarán
	conditional	resecaría	resecarías	resecaría	resecaríamos	resecaríais	resecarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	reseque	resequestú resequésvos2	reseque	resequemos	resequéis	resequen
	imperfect (ra)	resecara	resecaras	resecara	resecáramos	resecarais	resecaran
	imperfect (se)	resecase	resecases	resecase	resecásemos	resecaseis	resecasen
	future1	resecare	resecares	resecare	resecáremos	resecareis	resecaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		resecatú resecávos	reseque	resequemos	resecad	resequen
	negative		no reseques	no reseque	no resequemos	no resequéis	no resequen

¹Rare; now chiefly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tuteo-form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of resecar (c-qu alternation)

These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
with infinitive resecar	dative	resecarme	resecarte	resecarle, resecarse	resecarnos	resecaros	resecarles, resecarse
	accusative	resecarme	resecarte	resecarlo, resecarla, resecarse	resecarnos	resecaros	resecarlos, resecarlas, resecarse
with gerund resecando	dative	resecándome	resecándote	resecándole, resecándose	resecándonos	resecándoos	resecándoles, resecándose
	accusative	resecándome	resecándote	resecándolo, resecándola, resecándose	resecándonos	resecándoos	resecándolos, resecándolas, resecándose
with informal second-person singular tuteo imperative reseca	dative	resécame	resécate	resécale	resécanos	not used	resécales
	accusative	resécame	resécate	resécalo, resécala	resécanos	not used	resécalos, resécalas
with informal second-person singular voseo imperative resecá	dative	resecame	resecate	resecale	resecanos	not used	resecales
	accusative	resecame	resecate	resecalo, resecala	resecanos	not used	resecalos, resecalas
with formal second-person singular imperative reseque	dative	reséqueme	not used	reséquele, reséquese	reséquenos	not used	reséqueles
	accusative	reséqueme	not used	reséquelo, reséquela, reséquese	reséquenos	not used	reséquelos, reséquelas
with first-person plural imperative resequemos	dative	not used	resequémoste	resequémosle	resequémonos	resequémoos	resequémosles
	accusative	not used	resequémoste	resequémoslo, resequémosla	resequémonos	resequémoos	resequémoslos, resequémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative resecad	dative	resecadme	not used	resecadle	resecadnos	resecaos	resecadles
	accusative	resecadme	not used	resecadlo, resecadla	resecadnos	resecaos	resecadlos, resecadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative resequen	dative	reséquenme	not used	reséquenle	reséquennos	not used	reséquenles, reséquense
	accusative	reséquenme	not used	reséquenlo, reséquenla	reséquennos	not used	reséquenlos, reséquenlas, reséquense

Related terms

• reseco

Further reading

• “resecar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025