dessecar

== Catalan == === Etymology === From Latin dēsiccāre, with a change of prefix. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (Northern, Balearic, Central) [də.səˈka] IPA(key): (Valencia) [de.seˈkaɾ] IPA(key): (Northwestern) [de.seˈka] === Verb === dessecar (first-person singular present desseco, first-person singular preterite dessequí, past participle dessecat); root stress: (Northern) /e̞/; (Balearic) /ə/; (Central) /ɛ/; (Northwestern, Valencia) /e/ (transitive) to desiccate, to dry out (pronominal) to desiccate, to dry out ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== === Further reading === “dessecar”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007