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secar

Spanish, verb/seˈkaɾ/

secar is a Spanish verb meaning “to dry” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Eliminar parcial o totalmente la humedad de un cuerpo”.

What does secar mean in English?

verb

  1. 1

    to dry

  2. 2

    to dry up, run dry

Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Spanish dictionaries define it

verb: 1. Eliminar parcial o totalmente la humedad de un cuerpo. 2. Cicatrizar una herida. 3. Gastar o ir consumiendo el humor o jugo en los cuerpos. 4. Fastidiar, aburrir.

verb: 1. Variante poco usada de intersecar.

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 secar

  • seco first-person present singular
  • sequé first-person preterite singular
  • secado participle past
  • c-qu alternation
  • secando gerund
  • secada feminine participle past
  • secados masculine participle past
  • secadas feminine participle past
  • secas indicative informal present
  • secás indicative informal present
  • seca indicative present singular
  • secamos first-person indicative plural
  • secáis indicative plural present
  • secan indicative plural present
  • secaba first-person imperfect indicative
  • secabas imperfect indicative second-person
  • secábamos first-person imperfect indicative
  • secabais imperfect indicative plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce secar?

  • /seˈkaɾ/
  • [seˈkaɾ]

Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to secar

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is secar in Spanish?

secar appears 2.6 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).