secara
See also: secará and secară
Asturian
Verb
secara
- inflection of secar:
- first/third-person singular pluperfect indicative
- first/third-person singular imperfect preterite subjunctive
Galician
Verb
secara
- first/third-person singular pluperfect indicative of secar
Indonesian
Etymology
Reconstructed as se- + acara, from Malay secara. Compare Old Javanese sācāra (“in the manner of”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [səˈt͡ʃara]
- Hyphenation: sê‧ca‧ra
Adjective
sêcara
- in a ___ way, ___-ly
Conjunction
sêcara
- (slang) because [from 2006]
- Synonym: karena
Further reading
- “secara” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.
Portuguese
Verb
secara
- first/third-person singular pluperfect indicative of secar
Romanian
Noun
secara
- definite nominative/accusative singular of secară
Spanish
Verb
secara
- first/third-person singular imperfect subjunctive of secar