ressecar
Portuguese, verb/ʁe.seˈka(ʁ)/
ressecar is spelled R-E-S-S-E-C-A-R (8 letters) and appears about once in every 9 million words in written Portuguese, the 94,578th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ressecar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to desiccate” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “tornar a secar”.
What does ressecar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to desiccate
verb
- 1
to resect
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. tornar a secar 2. secar bem 3. sujeitar à evaporação
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of ressecar
- resseco first-person present singular
- ressequei first-person preterite singular
- ressecado participle past
- c-qu alternation
- ressecares infinitive second-person singular
- ressecarmos first-person infinitive plural
- ressecardes infinitive plural second-person
- ressecarem infinitive plural third-person
- ressecando gerund
- ressecados masculine participle past
- ressecada feminine participle past
- ressecadas feminine participle past
- ressecas indicative present second-person
- resseca indicative present singular
- ressecamos first-person indicative plural
- ressecais indicative plural present
- ressecam indicative plural present
- ressecava first-person imperfect indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce ressecar?
- Brazil /ʁe.seˈka(ʁ)/
- Brazil [he.seˈka(h)]
- /ʁe.seˈka(ɾ)/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to ressecar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is ressecar in Portuguese?
ressecar appears about once in every 9 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).