# seca
## Asturian
### Noun

seca f (plural seques)
* drought

#### Synonyms

* secura

## Catalan
### Etymology 1

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central) [ˈsɛ.kə]
* IPA: (Balearic) [ˈsə.kə]
* IPA: (Valencia) [ˈse.ka]

#### Adjective

seca
* feminine singular of sec

#### Noun

seca f (plural seques)
* sandbar, shoal, reef
    Synonyms: escull, secany

### Etymology 2

Borrowed from Arabic سِكَّة (sikka).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic) [ˈsɛ.kə]
* IPA: (Valencia) [ˈse.ka]

#### Noun

seca f (plural seques)
* mint (building or workshop where money is produced)

### Etymology 3
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central) [ˈsɛ.kə]
* IPA: (Balearic) [ˈsə.kə]
* IPA: (Valencia) [ˈse.ka]

#### Verb

seca
* inflection of secar:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

## Corsican
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈsɛka/
* Hyphenation: se‧ca

### Noun

seca f (plural seche)
* Alternative form of sega

### References

* “sega, seca” in INFCOR: Banca di dati di a lingua corsa

## Galician
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈsekɐ]

### Etymology 1

From Latin siccus (“dry”).

#### Noun

seca f (plural secas)
* drought
* low tide
    Synonym: baixamar

### Etymology 2
#### Adjective

seca
* feminine singular of seco

### Etymology 3
#### Verb

seca
* inflection of secar:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

### References

* Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “seca”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “seca”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “seca”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “seca”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

## Italian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈsɛ.ka/
* Rhymes: -ɛka
* Hyphenation: sè‧ca

### Verb

seca
* inflection of secare:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

### Anagrams

* asce, case, esca

## Latin
### Verb

secā
* second-person singular present active imperative of secō

### References

* "seca", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)

## Neapolitan
### Noun

seca f
* saw

## Occitan
### Pronunciation

* Audio (Béarn):(file)

### Adjective

seca
* feminine singular of sec

## Portuguese
### Etymology 1

Deverbal of secar.

#### Alternative forms

* sêca (pre-reform spelling, Brazil)
* secca (pre-standardization spelling)

#### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈse.kɐ/
* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈse.kɐ/
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /ˈse.ka/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈsɛ.kɐ/
* Rhymes: -ɛkɐ
* Hyphenation: se‧ca

#### Noun

seca f (plural secas)
* (meteorology) drought (period of unusually low rainfall)
    Synonym: estiagem
* act of drying
    Synonym: secagem
* (colloquial, figurative) nuisance; bore
    Synonym: chatice
    Que seca! ― What a drag!

### Etymology 2
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈsɛ.kɐ/
* Rhymes: -ɛkɐ
* Hyphenation: se‧ca

#### Verb

seca
* inflection of secar:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

### Etymology 3
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈse.kɐ/
* Rhymes: -ekɐ
* Hyphenation: se‧ca

#### Adjective

seca
* feminine singular of seco

## Romanian
### Etymology 1

Inherited from Latin siccāre.

#### Verb

a seca (third-person singular present seacă, past participle secat) 1st conjugation
* to strip (to completely take away, to plunder)
* to drain, exhaust, empty
* to dry up

##### Derived terms

* secare

##### Related terms

* sec
* secăciune
* secetă

#### See also

* usca

### Etymology 2

Inherited from Latin secāre, from Proto-Indo-European *sek- (“to cut”).

#### Verb

a seca (third-person singular present seacă, past participle secat) 1st conjugation
* (rare) to cut; to reap, harvest
    Synonyms: tăia, secera

### Etymology 3

Borrowed from Serbo-Croatian seka.

#### Noun

seca f (uncountable)
* (regional, usually before a woman's name) lady, madam
    Synonyms: (popular) lele, mătușă, nană, tanti
* (regional) sister-in-law
    Synonym: cumnată

## Spanish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈseka/ [ˈse.ka]
* Audio (Colombia):(file)
* Rhymes: -eka
* Syllabification: se‧ca
* Homophone: ceca

### Adjective

seca
* feminine singular of seco

### Verb

seca
* inflection of secar:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative