dessecar

From Latin dēsiccāre, with a change of prefix.

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [də.səˈka]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [de.seˈkaɾ]

dessecar (first-person singular present desseco, first-person singular preterite dessequí, past participle dessecat); root stress: (Central) /ɛ/; (Valencia) /e/; (Balearic) /ə/

1. (transitive) to desiccate, to dry out
2. (pronominal) to desiccate, to dry out

• “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