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From Latin siccāre.

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secar (first-person singular indicative present seco, past participle secáu)

  1. to dry

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    Inherited from Latin siccāre. By surface analysis, sec +‎ -ar.

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    secar (first-person singular present seco, first-person singular preterite sequí, past participle secat); root stress: (Northern) /e̞/; (Balearic) /ə/; (Central) /ɛ/; (Northwestern, Valencia) /e/

    1. alternative form of assecar (to dry)

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    Galician

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    From Old Galician-Portuguese secar (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin siccāre.

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    • IPA(key): /seˈkaɾ/ [s̺eˈkɑɾ]
    • Rhymes: -aɾ
    • Hyphenation: se‧car

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    secar (first-person singular present seco, first-person singular preterite sequei, past participle secado)

    1. to dry
      Synonym: desecar
    2. to wipe dry
      Synonym: enxugar
    3. to become dry
      Synonyms: agostar, estiñar
    4. to wither
      Synonym: agostar
    5. (of a mammal animal) to cease to milk, to dry
      Synonym: estiñar

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    Occitan

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    From Old Occitan, from Latin siccāre.

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    secar

    1. to dry; to dry out

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    Portuguese

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    From Old Galician-Portuguese, from Latin siccāre, from siccus (dry), from Proto-Indo-European *seyk-.

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    • Hyphenation: se‧car

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    secar (first-person singular present seco, first-person singular preterite sequei, past participle secado)

    1. (intransitive) to dry (to become dry)
      Synonym: evaporar
    2. (transitive) to dry (to make dry)
      Antonyms: aguar, molhar, humedecer, humidificar, humectar
      • 2022, “a cor púrpura”, performed by Djonga:
        Uma pessoa me tocou sem eu querer / E ainda me convenceu que eu gostava / Molhou com seu suor minha pele infantil / E secou minhas lágrimas sempre que eu chorava
        Someone touched me without my consent / And even convinced me that I liked it / They wet my infantile skin with their sweat / And dried my tears whenever I cried
    3. to dry up (to deprive someone of something vital)
    4. (intransitive) to wither (to shrivel, droop or dry up)
      Synonyms: esgotar, mirrar, murchar
    5. (slang, transitive) to hope for someone's defeat or failure, especially in a competitive game

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    Spanish

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      Inherited from Old Spanish secar, from Latin siccāre. Equivalent to seco (dry) +‎ -ar.

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      secar (first-person singular present seco, first-person singular preterite sequé, past participle secado)

      1. (transitive, reflexive) to dry
      2. (reflexive) to dry up, run dry
        • 1915, Julio Vicuña Cifuentes, Mitos y Supersticiones Recogidos de la Tradición Oral Chilena, page 164:
          Para que vuelva la leche a la mujer a la cual se le ha secado, o para que aumente en la que ha disminuído, se le da a beber una tisana hecha con tres palitos de higuero, que como es árbol que tiene leche, obra eficazmente en estos casos.
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