seca
Portuguese, noun
seca is spelled S-E-C-A (4 letters) and appears 32 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 2,772nd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Seca is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “drought (period of unusually low rainfall)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a third-person singular present indicative of secar. With an accent, sêca is a different word: “pre-reform spelling (used until 1971) of seca”. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “período sem chuva”.
What does seca mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininedrought (period of unusually low rainfall)
- 2
feminineact of drying
- 3
colloquialfemininenuisance; bore
Que seca!
verb
- 1
third-person singular present indicative
- 2
second-person singular imperative
adjective
- 1
femininefeminine singular of seco
noun
- 1
femininepre-reform spelling (used until 1971) of seca
adjective
- 1
femininefeminine singular of sêco
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. período sem chuva 2. estiagem 3. período sem sexo 4. desejo venéreo intenso por sexo por estar há um período sem praticá-lo
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 seca
- secas plural
- sêca alternative
- secca alternative
- sêcas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (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 Portuguese?
seca appears 32 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).