secado
Spanish, noun/seˈkado/
secado is spelled S-E-C-A-D-O (6 letters) and appears 1.9 times per million words in written Spanish, the 23,327th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Secado is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “drying, desiccation” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a past participle of secar. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Acción o efecto de secar”.
What does secado mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinedrying, desiccation
Esta pintura es de secado rápido.
verb
- 1
past participle of secar
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Acción o efecto de secar.
verb: 1. Participio de secar.
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 secado
- secados plural
- secada feminine
- secadas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce secado?
- /seˈkado/
- [seˈka.ð̞o]
- [seˈkað̞o]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to secado
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is secado in Spanish?
secado appears 1.9 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).