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seca

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Asturian

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Noun

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seca f (plural seques)

  1. drought

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Catalan

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Etymology 1

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

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seca

  1. feminine singular of sec

Noun

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seca f (plural seques)

  1. sandbar, shoal, reef
    Synonyms: escull, secany

Etymology 2

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Borrowed from Arabic سِكَّة (sikka).

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Noun

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seca f (plural seques)

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

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seca

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

Corsican

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈsɛka/
  • Hyphenation: se‧ca

Noun

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seca f (plural seche)

  1. Alternative form of sega

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  • “sega, seca” in INFCOR: Banca di dati di a lingua corsa

Galician

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Seca ("lowtide")

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Etymology 1

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From Latin siccus (“dry”).

Noun

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seca f (plural secas)

  1. drought
  2. low tide
    Synonym: baixamar

Etymology 2

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Adjective

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seca

  1. feminine singular of seco

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Verb

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seca

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

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Italian

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈsɛ.ka/
  • Rhymes: -ɛka
  • Hyphenation: sè‧ca

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seca

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

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Latin

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Verb

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secā

  1. second-person singular present active imperative of secō

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Neapolitan

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Noun

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seca f

  1. saw

Occitan

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  • Audio (Béarn):(file)

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seca

  1. feminine singular of sec

Portuguese

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Etymology 1

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Deverbal from secar.

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  • Rhymes: -ɛkɐ
  • Hyphenation: se‧ca

Noun

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seca f (plural secas)

  1. act of drying
    Synonym: secagem
  2. (meteorology) drought (period of unusually low rainfall)
    Synonym: estiagem
  3. (colloquial, figurative) nuisance; bore
    Synonym: chatice
    Que seca! ― What a drag!

Etymology 2

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Pronunciation

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  • Rhymes: -ɛkɐ
  • Hyphenation: se‧ca

Verb

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seca

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

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  • Rhymes: -ekɐ
  • Hyphenation: se‧ca

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seca

  1. feminine singular of seco

Romanian

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Etymology 1

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Inherited from Latin siccāre, present active infinitive of siccō.

Verb

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

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

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

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

  1. (rare) to cut; to reap, harvest
    Synonyms: tăia, secera

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Borrowed from Serbo-Croatian seka.

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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

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seca

  1. feminine singular of seco

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seca

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