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)

Opposite of
aguar, molhar, humedecer, humidificar, humectar
Frequency

C1
Pronounced as (IPA)
/seˈka(ʁ)/
Etymology

In summary

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

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