desecar
Spanish, verb/deseˈkaɾ/
desecar is spelled D-E-S-E-C-A-R (7 letters) and appears about once in every 17 million words in written Spanish, the 150,504th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Desecar is a Spanish verb meaning “to dry, to desiccate” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Secar eliminando la humedad contenida”.
What does desecar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to dry, to desiccate
- 2
to drain
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Secar eliminando la humedad contenida.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of desecar
- deseco first-person present singular
- desequé first-person preterite singular
- desecado participle past
- c-qu alternation
- desecando gerund
- desecada feminine participle past
- desecados masculine participle past
- desecadas feminine participle past
- desecas indicative informal present
- desecás indicative informal present
- deseca indicative present singular
- desecamos first-person indicative plural
- desecáis indicative plural present
- desecan indicative plural present
- desecaba first-person imperfect indicative
- desecabas imperfect indicative second-person
- desecábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- desecabais imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce desecar?
- /deseˈkaɾ/
- [d̪e.seˈkaɾ]
- [d̪eseˈkaɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to desecar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is desecar in Spanish?
desecar appears about once in every 17 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).