# secar
## Asturian
### Etymology

From Latin siccāre.

### Verb

secar (first-person singular indicative present seco, past participle secáu)
* to dry

#### Related terms

* secu

## Catalan
### Etymology

Inherited from Latin siccāre. By surface analysis, sec +‎ -ar.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic) [səˈka]
* IPA: (Valencia) [seˈkaɾ]

### Verb

secar (first-person singular present seco, first-person singular preterite sequí, past participle secat); root stress: (Central) /ɛ/; (Valencia) /e/; (Balearic) /ə/
* Alternative form of assecar

#### Conjugation
### Further reading

* “secar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
* “secar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

## Galician
### Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese secar (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin siccāre.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /seˈkar/

### Verb

secar (first-person singular present seco, first-person singular preterite sequei, past participle secado)
* to dry
    Synonym: desecar
* to wipe dry
    Synonym: enxugar
* to become dry
    Synonyms: agostar, estiñar
* to wither
    Synonym: agostar
* (of a mammal animal) to cease to milk, to dry
    Synonym: estiñar

#### Conjugation

$^1$Less recommended.

#### Derived terms

* desecar
* seca
* secador
* seco
* sequeiro

### References

* Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “secar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “secar”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “secar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* “secar”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “secar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* “secar” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).
* Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “secar”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

## Occitan
### Etymology

From Old Occitan, from Latin siccāre.

### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Verb

secar
* to dry; to dry out

#### Related terms

* assecar
* dessecar
* sec

## Portuguese
### Alternative forms

* seccar (obsolete)

### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /seˈka(ʁ)/ [seˈka(h)]
* (Brazil) IPA: /seˈka(ʁ)/ [seˈka(h)]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /seˈka(ɾ)/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /seˈka(ʁ)/ [seˈka(χ)]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /seˈka(ɻ)/
* (Portugal) IPA: /sɨˈkaɾ/
* (Portugal) IPA: /sɨˈkaɾ/
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /sɨˈka.ɾi/
* Hyphenation: se‧car

### Verb

secar (first-person singular present seco, first-person singular preterite sequei, past participle secado)
* (intransitive) to dry (to become dry)
    Synonym: evaporar
* (transitive) to dry (to make dry)
    Antonyms: aguar, molhar, humedecer, humidificar, humectar
** 2022, “a cor púrpura”, performed by Djonga:Uma pessoa me tocou sem eu querer / E ainda me convenceu que eu gostava / Molhou com seu suor minha pele infantil / E secou minhas lágrimas sempre que eu choravaSomeone touched me without my consent / And even convinced me that I liked it / They wet my infantile skin with their sweat / And dried my tears whenever I cried
* to dry up (to deprive someone of something vital)
* (intransitive) to wither (to shrivel, droop or dry up)
    Synonyms: esgotar, mirrar, murchar

#### Conjugation

$^1$Brazilian Portuguese. $^2$European Portuguese.

#### Related terms

* desecar
* seca
* secador
* seco

#### See also

* enxugar

## Spanish
### Etymology

Inherited from Latin siccāre.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /seˈkaɾ/ [seˈkaɾ]
* Audio (Colombia):(file)
* Rhymes: -aɾ
* Syllabification: se‧car

### Verb

secar (first-person singular present seco, first-person singular preterite sequé, past participle secado)
* (transitive, reflexive) to dry
* (reflexive) to dry up, run dry
** 1915, Julio Vicuña Cifuentes, Mitos y Supersticiones Recogidos de la Tradición Oral Chilena, page 164:Para que vuelva la leche a la mujer a la cual se le ha secado, o para que aumente en la que ha disminuído, se le da a beber una tisana hecha con tres palitos de higuero, que como es árbol que tiene leche, obra eficazmente en estos casos.(please add an English translation of this quotation)

#### Conjugation

$^1$Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language. $^2$Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

#### Derived terms

* resecar
* secadero
* secado
* secador
* secadora
* secamanos
* secamente
* secamiento
* secano
* secante
* secaplatos
* secarropas
* sequía

#### Related terms

* desecar
* ensecar
* seco

#### See also

* enjugar

### Further reading

* “secar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10