seca
Spanish, verb
seca is spelled S-E-C-A (4 letters) and appears 14 times per million words in written Spanish, the 5,378th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Seca is a Spanish verb meaning “third-person singular present indicative” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a feminine singular of seco. With an accent, secá is a different word: “second-person singular voseo imperative of secar”.
What does seca mean in English?
adjective
- 1
femininefeminine singular of seco
verb
- 1
third-person singular present indicative
- 2
second-person singular imperative
verb
- 1
second-person singular voseo imperative of secar
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Sequía. 2. Secano (banco de arena no cubierto por el agua). 3. Bajamar. 4. Período en que se secan las pústulas de ciertas erupciones cutáneas.
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 seca
- secas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to seca
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is seca in Spanish?
seca appears 14 times per million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).