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PORTUGUESE · A WORD WITH POSSIBILITIES

secar.

to dry (to become dry)

5 characters2 syllables approx.Português language

Meaning & usage

verb/seˈka(ʁ)/Brazil[seˈka(h)]Brazil/seˈka(ɾ)/São-Paulo/seˈka(ʁ)/Rio-de-Janeiro
  1. to dry (to become dry)

    intransitive
  2. to dry (to make dry)

    transitive
  3. to dry up (to deprive someone of something vital)

  4. to wither (to shrivel, droop or dry up)

    intransitive
  5. to hope for someone's defeat or failure, especially in a competitive game

    slang · transitive
Where this word comes from

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

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