# seco
## Asturian
### Verb

seco
* first-person singular present indicative of secar

## Catalan
### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central) [ˈsɛ.ku]
* IPA: (Balearic) [ˈsə.ko]
* IPA: (Valencia) [ˈse.ko]

### Verb

seco
* first-person singular present indicative of secar

## Chavacano
### Etymology

Inherited from Spanish seco.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈseko/, [ˈse.ko]
* Hyphenation: se‧co

### Adjective

seco (feminine seca)
* dry
    Antonym: mojao

#### Related terms

* seca
* secada

## Galician
### Etymology 1

Derived from Latin siccus.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈsekʊ]

#### Adjective

seco (feminine seca, masculine plural secos, feminine plural secas)
* dry (free from or lacking moisture)
    Synonym: enxoito
    Antonym: húmido
* harsh
* skinny
* (of a staple food) alone, unaccompanied

##### Related terms

* secador
* secar
* secura
* sequidade

#### Noun

seco m (plural secos)
* dry land

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Verb

seco
* first-person singular present indicative of secar

### Further reading

* “seco”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025

### References

* Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “seco”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “seco”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “seco”, 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), “seco”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “seco”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

## Italian
### Etymology

Inherited from Latin sēcum.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈse.ko/
* Rhymes: -eko
* Hyphenation: sé‧co

### Preposition

seco
* (archaic, literary) with oneself; within oneself; among themselves
* (archaic, literary) with him; with her; with them

### See also

* meco
* nosco
* teco
* vosco

### Further reading

* seco in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

### Anagrams

* -esco, Cose, OCSE, cose, esco

## Latin
### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Italic *sekaō, from Proto-Indo-European *sek- (“to cut”). Cognates include Old Church Slavonic сѣщи (sěšti, “to cut, hack, chop off”) and Old English saga (English saw).

### Pronunciation

* (Classical Latin) IPA: /ˈse.koː/, [ˈs̠ɛkoː]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /ˈse.ko/, [ˈsɛːko]

### Verb

secō (present infinitive secāre, perfect active secuī, supine sectum); first conjugation
* to cut, cut off
** 405 CE, Jerome, Vulgate Exodus.29.17:Ipsum autem arietem secabis in frustra: lotaque intestina ejus ac pedes, pones super concissas carnes, et super caput illius.And thou shalt cut the ram in pieces, and wash the inwards of him, and his legs, and put them unto his pieces, and unto his head.
* to cleave, divide
    Synonyms: dīvidō, sēgregō, sēparō, sēcernō, dirimō, intersaepiō, distinguō, discrībō
    Antonyms: illigō, colligō, ligō, nectō, cōnectō
* (medicine) to operate, amputate, perform surgery
* to castrate
* (by extension) to wound, injure
    Synonyms: feriō, mulcō, sauciō, vulnerō, noceō, īnfestō, laedō
* (figuratively) to hurt with one's words

#### Derived terms

* cōnsecō
* crumēniseca
* dēsecō
* dissecō
* exsecō
* īnsecō
* intersecō
* persecō
* praesecō
* prōsecō
* resecō
* secespita
* secta
* sectārius
* sector
* secula
* secūris
* segmen
* segmentum
* subsecō

#### Descendants

* Italo-Romance:
** Italian: segare
** Neapolitan: secare
* Padanian:
** Friulian: seâ
** Piedmontese: sié
** Romansch: segar, sagear, sger, saer, sgiar
** Venetan: segar, siegar
* Gallo-Romance:
** Catalan: segar
** Franco-Provençal: séyer
** French: scier
** Occitan: segar
* Ibero-Romance:
** Aragonese: segar
** Asturian: segar
** Leonese: segare
** Mirandese: segar
** Old Galician-Portuguese: segar
*** Fala: segal
*** Galician: segar
*** Portuguese: segar
** Old Spanish: segar
*** Ladino: segar
*** Spanish: segar
* Borrowings:
** → Italian: secare

### References

* “seco”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
* “seco”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
* seco in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

## Lower Sorbian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈsɛt͡sɔ]

### Verb

seco
* third-person singular present of sec

## Portuguese
### Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese seco, from Latin siccus, from Proto-Indo-European *seyk-.

#### Alternative forms

* sêco (pre-reform spelling)
* secco (pre-standardization spelling)

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈse.ku/
* Homophone: Seco
* Hyphenation: se‧co

#### Adjective

seco (feminine seca, masculine plural secos, feminine plural secas, comparable, comparative mais seco, superlative o mais seco or sequíssimo, diminutive sequinho, augmentative secão)
* devoid of liquids; dry
    Antonyms: molhado, úmido, viscoso
* desiccated (of fruits and plants that have been desiccated)
    Synonyms: dissecado, ressecado
* withered
    Synonyms: murcho, ressequido
    Antonym: exuberante
* (figurative, of a person) insensible, apathetic, cold
    Synonyms: apático, frio, indiferente, insensível
    Antonyms: afável, extrovertido, sociável
* (of a person) slender, thin
    Synonyms: esguio, magro
    Antonyms: corpulento, gordo
* (of a person) impolite, rude
    Synonyms: malcriado, mal-educado, rude
    Antonyms: educado, cortês
* (of a place) arid, desertic
    Synonyms: árido, desértico
    Antonyms: chuvoso, úmido

##### Derived terms

* a seco
* dique seco
* engolir em seco
* gelo seco
* lavagem a seco
* secamente
* secura
* sequidão

##### Related terms

* secar

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈsɛ.ku/
* Hyphenation: se‧co

#### Verb

seco
* first-person singular present indicative of secar

### Further reading

* Dicio.com

## Spanish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈseko/ [ˈse.ko]
* Rhymes: -eko
* Syllabification: se‧co

### Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Spanish, from Latin siccus, from Proto-Indo-European *seyk-.

#### Adjective

seco (feminine seca, masculine plural secos, feminine plural secas, superlative sequísimo)
* dry
    Antonyms: húmedo, mojado

##### Derived terms

* a palo seco
* a secas
* alveolitis seca
* arcada seca
* en seco
* fruta seca
* fruto seco
* hielo seco
* ley seca
* limpieza en seco
* palo seco
* reseco
* sequedad
* sequía
* sopa seca
* traje seco

##### Related terms

* secar

##### Descendants

* Chavacano: seco

#### Noun

seco m (plural secos)
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** 1996, “Cuerdas y Sogas Artesanales, Elaboración y Trenzado con Fibras Vegetales” (15:36 from the start), in (Please provide the book title or journal name)‎:Un nuevo paso del seco por la cuerda, la dejará preparado para el plegado.(please add an English translation of this quotation)

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Verb

seco
* first-person singular present indicative of secar

### Further reading

* “seco”, 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

### Anagrams

* cose