seco
Meaning
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- (comparable) devoid of liquids; dry
- (comparable) desiccated (of fruits and plants that have been desiccated)
- (comparable) withered
- (comparable,figuratively) insensible, apathetic, cold
- (comparable) slender, thin
- (comparable) impolite, rude
- (comparable) arid, desertic
Frequency
Hyphenated as
se‧co
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈse.ku/
Etymology
Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese seco, from Latin siccus, from Proto-Indo-European *seyk-.
New
secar
- (intransitive) to dry (to become dry)
- (transitive) to dry (to make dry)
- to dry up (to deprive someone of something vital)
- (intransitive) to wither (to shrivel, droop or dry up)
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