secar

Meaning

  1. (intransitive) to dry (to become dry)
  2. (transitive) to dry (to make dry)
  3. to dry up (to deprive someone of something vital)
  4. (intransitive) to wither (to shrivel, droop or dry up)

Frequency

C1
Hyphenated as
se‧car
Pronounced as (IPA)
/seˈka(ʁ)/
Etymology

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

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