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.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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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)

Etymology 3

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Pronunciation

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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

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

References

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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

Etymology 3

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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

Verb

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seca

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

Anagrams

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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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Pronunciation

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  • Audio (Béarn):(file)

Adjective

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seca

  1. feminine singular of sec

Portuguese

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Etymology 1

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Deverbal from secar.

Pronunciation

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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

Etymology 3

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Pronunciation

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  • Rhymes: -ekɐ
  • Hyphenation: se‧ca

Adjective

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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
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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).

Verb

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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

Etymology 3

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Borrowed from Serbo-Croatian seka.

Noun

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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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Pronunciation

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Adjective

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seca

  1. feminine singular of seco

Verb

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seca

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