seco

/ˈseko/ · B1 · adj

dry

🏜️ seco = sec: a sec or secco wine is a dry wine

From Latin siccus, dry. The same root gives French sec and Italian secco on wine labels, plus English desiccate, to dry something out. Sounds like SEH-ko: a dry wine is sec, a dry towel is seco.

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