Daily Verb Lesson: Italian for dry is seccare
The Italian verb for dry is the irregular -ARE verb seccare.... imagine it takes a SEC to dry the CAR!
Seccare can also mean: to scorch, to dry out, to wither, to wizen; to harden.
Related words include:
- seccarsi (vr) : to get dry, to dry up; (fig.) to get annoyed.
- la secchezza (nf) : dryness; thinness, gauntness.
- la seccha / in secca (nf) : dryness / dried-up, dry.
- secchato (al sol) (adj/pp) : (sun) dried, dried-up; (fig) annoyed, peeved.
These verbs add an h after c and before e and i so as to maintain the hard 'k' sound. Verbs conjugated in this way also include : cascare, placare, fiaccare, placcare, imbarcare, sbancare, sboscare, locare, seccare, spaccare, sprecare, toccare.
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Imagine it takes a SEC to dry the CAR!
| TENSE | ||||||
| Present Presente dry |
secco | secchi | secca | secchiamo | seccate | seccano |
| Past Imperfect Imperfetto dried |
seccavo | seccavi | seccava | seccavamo | seccavate | seccavano |
| Simple Past Passato remoto dried |
seccai | seccasti | seccò | seccammo | seccaste | seccarono |
| Future Futuro semplice will dry |
seccherò | seccherai | seccherà | seccheremo | seccherete | seccheranno |
| Conditional Condizionale would dry |
seccherei | seccheresti | seccherebbe | seccheremmo | secchereste | seccherebbero |
| Subjunctive Congiuntivo Presente may dry |
secchi | secchi | secchi | secchiamo | secchiate | secchino |
| Present Perfect Passato Prossimo have dried |
ho seccato | hai seccato | ha seccato | abbiamo seccato | avete seccato | hanno seccato |
| Past Perfect Trapassato Prossimo had dried |
avevo seccato | avevi seccato | aveva seccato | avevamo seccato | avevate seccato | avevano seccato |
| Future Perfect Futuro Anteriore will have dried |
avrò subseccato | avrai seccato | avrà seccato | avremo seccato | avrete seccato | avranno seccato |
| Conditional Perfect Condizionale Passato would have dried |
avrei seccato | avresti seccato | avrebbe seccato | avremmo seccato | avreste seccato | avrebbero seccato |
| Perfect Subjunctive Congiuntivo Passato may have dried |
abbia seccato | abbia seccato | abbia seccato | abbiamo seccato | abbiate seccato | abbiano seccato |
| Imperative Imperativo dry! |
secca! non seccare! |
(non) secchi! | (non) secchiamo! | (non) seccate! | (non) secchino! | |
✔ Seccare is an irregular -ARE verb, these being the most common verbs in Italian.
✔ Learn seccare and it will reinforce the pattern for ALL those other -ARE verbs.
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