seco
Portuguese, adjective
seco is spelled S-E-C-O (4 letters) and appears 17 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 4,707th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Seco is a Portuguese adjective meaning “devoid of liquids; dry” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first-person singular present indicative of secar. With an accent, sêco is a different word: “pre-reform spelling (used until 1971 in Brazil and 1945 in Portugal)…”. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “sem água ou humidade; enxuto; árido”.
What does seco mean in English?
adjective
- 1
devoid of liquids; dry
- 2
desiccated (of fruits and plants that have been desiccated)
- 3
withered
- 4
insensible, apathetic, cold
- 5
slender, thin
- 6
impolite, rude
- 7
arid, desertic
verb
- 1
first-person singular present indicative of secar
adjective
- 1
pre-reform spelling (used until 1971 in Brazil and 1945 in Portugal) of seco
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. sem água ou humidade; enxuto; árido 2. que já não está verde; murcho 3. diz-se do peixe, carne e legumes que se podem conservar 4. diz-se do pão que se come sem conduto
noun: 1. baixio de areia que a maré vazante deixa a descoberto
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 seco
- seca feminine
- secos masculine plural
- secas feminine plural
- mais seco comparative
- o mais seco superlative
- sequíssimo superlative
- sequinho diminutive
- secão augmentative
- sêco alternative
- secco alternative
- sêca feminine
- sêcas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to seco
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is seco in Portuguese?
seco appears 17 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).