dry

seco

secar

dry(dray)

adjective

1. (without water)

a. seco

The clothes are dry and ready to be folded.

La ropa está seca y lista para doblar.

b. árido

The desert is very dry, making any sort of agriculture difficult.

El desierto es muy árido, por lo que es difícil cualquier tipo de agricultura.

2. (lacking natural moisture)

a. seco

Do you have any cream? My hands are dry.

¿Tienes crema? Tengo las manos secas.

3. (boring)

a. árido

The material we're covering in class is very dry so it's hard to concentrate.

El material que cubrimos en clase es muy árido, así que es difícil concentrarse.

4. (set)

a. seco

The paint will be dry in a couple of hours.

La pintura estará seca en un par de horas.

5. (weather)

a. seco

Yesterday was dry and sunny.

Ayer estuvo seco y soleado.

6. (not selling alcohol)

a. seco

Bailey County, Texas, is a dry county. No alcohol sales are allowed anywhere.

El condado de Bailey, Texas, es un condado seco. Se prohibe la venta de alcohol en todas partes.

7. (not sweet)

a. seco

The region is famous for its dry white wines.

La región es famosa por sus vinos blancos secos.

8. (ironic)

a. mordaz

The British are renowned for their dry humor.

Los británicos son famosos por su humor mordaz.

transitive verb

9. (to make dry)

a. secar

After showering, she dried herself and got dressed.

Después de ducharse, se secó y se vistió.

To dry the bathing suits, I will hang them on the clothesline.

Para secar los trajes de baño, los colgaré en el tendedero.

10. (remove tears from)

a. secar

Dry your eyes and let's find a solution to this.

Sécate las lágrimas y busquemos una solución a esto.

11. (to preserve)

a. secar

We clean, and then dry the fish on racks in the sun.

Limpiamos, y luego secamos el pescado en bastidores en el sol.

intransitive verb

12. (to lose moisture)

a. secarse

The collars and cuffs take longer to dry.

Los cuellos y puños tardan más tiempo en secarse.

dry

adjective

1. (weather, clothing, wine)

a. seco(a)

to run or go drysecarse

to be kept dryno mojar

as dry as a bonereseco(a)

2. (nautical)

a.

dry dockdique seco

dry icenieve carbónica, hielo seco

dry landtierra firme

dry rotputrefacción de la madera

dry runensayo m

3. (boring; prose style, person)

a. aburrido(a), árido(a)

4. (deadpan; humor)

a. lacónico(a)

transitive verb

5. (general)

a. secar

to dry oneselfsecarse

to dry one's hairsecarse el pelo

intransitive verb

6. (general)

a. secarse

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dry [draɪ]

adjective

drier (comparative)driest (superlative)

1 (not moist) [+clothes, paint, leaves, weather] seco; [+climate] árido; seco

it was warm and dry yesterday afternoon ayer hizo una tarde cálida y seca; wait till the glue is dry espere a que la cola se seque; he rubbed himself dry with a towel se secó frotándose con una toalla

her throat/mouth was dry she had a dry throat/mouth tenía la garganta/boca seca

his mouth was dry with fear tenía la boca seca de miedo; her eyes were dry (without tears) no había lágrimas en sus ojos; there wasn't a dry eye in the house no había nadie que no estuviera llorando; for dry skin/hair para piel seca/pelo seco

keep in a dry place mantener en un lugar seco

He managed to swallow a little soup and dry toast

dry bread (without butter) pan (m) sin mantequilla; (stale) pan (m) seco

a dry cough una tos seca

to get dry secarse

my hair/the clothes will soon get dry hurry up and get dry, here's a towel

on dry land en tierra firme

to run dry [+river, well] secarse; [+inspiration] agotarse

to wipe sth dry secar algo (con un trapo)

as dry as a bone más seco que una pasa

2 (thirsty)

to be or feel dry tener sed; estar seco (informal)

3 (prohibiting alcohol) [+country, state] seco

due to a storm, the island was dry for a week a causa de una tormenta, durante una semana no hubo ni una gota de alcohol en la isla

The country is dry and no liquor is allowed

4 (wry) [+humour, wit] mordaz; [+laugh] sardónico

he has a very dry sense of humour tiene un sentido del humor muy mordaz or cargado de ironía

5 (harsh)

it broke with a dry snapping sound se rompió con un ruido seco

6 (uninteresting) [+lecture, subject, book] árido

style, speech, facts

[+voice] seco

as dry as dust terriblemente árido

7 (not sweet) [+wine, sherry, cider] seco; [+champagne] brut; seco

a dry white wine un vino blanco seco

8 (not producing milk)

the old cow went dry la vaca vieja se quedó sin leche

noun

the dry (Britain) lo seco; such cars grip the road well, even in the dry estos coches se agarran bien al firme, incluso en seco; come on into the dry métete aquí que no llueve

Such cars grip the road well, even in the dry Come on into the dry

transitive verb

secar

to dry one's hands/eyes secarse las manos/las lágrimas; to dry the dishes secar los platos; to dry o.s. secarse

intransitive verb

1 (become dry) secarse

leave it to dry déjalo que se seque; would you rather wash or dry? ¿prefieres lavar o secar?

2 especially (Britain) (Teat) quedarse en blanco

My opening was fair, the second spot fair and I dried completely in the fourth

modifier

dry cell (n) pila (f) seca

dry cleaner's (n) tintorería (f); tinte (m); (Esp)

dry cleaning (n) limpieza (f) en seco

dry dock (n) dique (m) seco

dry fly (n) (Fishing) mosca (f) seca

dry ginger (n) ginebra (f) seca

dry goods (n) (US) artículos (m) de confección

dry goods store (n) (US) mercería (f)

dry ice (n) nieve (f) carbónica

dry measure (n) medida (f) para áridos

dry rot (n) putrefacción seca de la madera causada por un hongo

dry run (n) ensayo (m)

the dry season (n) la estación seca

dry shampoo (n) champú (m) seco

dry shave (n)

to have a dry shave afeitarse en seco

dry ski slope (n) pista (f) artificial de esquí

dry stone wall (n) muro (m) seco