secara

See also: secará and secară

Asturian

Verb

secara

1. inflection of secar:
   1. first/third-person singular pluperfect indicative
   2. first/third-person singular imperfect preterite subjunctive

Galician

Verb

secara

1. 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

1. in a ___ way, ___-ly

Conjunction

sêcara

1. (slang, uncommon) because [from 2006]

   Synonyms: karena, soalnya, gara-gara, sebab

Further reading

• “secara” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Portuguese

Verb

secara

1. first/third-person singular pluperfect indicative of secar

Romanian

Noun

secara

1. definite nominative/accusative singular of secară

Spanish

Verb

secara

1. first/third-person singular imperfect subjunctive of secar