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seco.

devoid of liquids; dry

4 characters2 syllables approx.Português language

Meaning & usage

adj/ˈse.ku/Brazil/ˈse.ku/Portugal
  1. devoid of liquids; dry

    comparable
  2. desiccated (of fruits and plants that have been desiccated)

    comparable
  3. withered

    comparable
  4. insensible, apathetic, cold

    comparable · figuratively
  5. slender, thin

    comparable
  6. impolite, rude

    comparable
  7. arid, desertic

    comparable
Where this word comes from

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

verb/ˈsɛ.ku/Brazil/ˈsɛ.ku/Portugal
  1. first-person singular present indicative of secar

    first-person · form-of · indicative · present · singular
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