Translation of dry in Spanish:

dry

seco, adj.
Spanish
Latin American Spanish

Pronunciation /drʌɪ//draɪ/

adjective

1
- 1.1(not wet)
  (wood/washing/ground) seco
  she rubbed her hair dry with a towel — se secó el pelo con una toalla
  to wipe sth dry — secar algo
  [ S ]store in a cool, dry place — guardar en lugar fresco y seco
  She managed to stay mostly dry, but the cuffs of her pants were damp.
  Drain and place the blanched vegetables on an absorbent cloth and pat them dry.
  Water regularly during growth and bloom, then keep the soil fairly dry during summer.
  Her blue jeans were beginning to grow damp and she longed for the feel of dry clothes and a warm blanket.
  She sighed, realizing Hawk was right: she needed to let these clothes dry.
  I got out and wiped myself dry with a white fluffy towel.
  She climbed onto the rock and patted herself dry with one of the blankets.
  Wipe the screen daily using window cleaner, then polish it with a clean dry cloth.
  Traffic constable Paul Davenport told the inquest that at the time of the accident, the road was dry, clean and free from any obstruction.
  The affected areas should be kept as dry and as free of friction as possible.
  Katy finally broke free of the dry vegetation and hurried off the path and to the guard rail that separated her from Justin.
  They also require housing in shelter that is warm, dry and as draught free as possible.
  If the soil seems too dry or too moist, adjust the controller.
  Strain the yolk through a muslin cloth into a clean dry bowl.
  No single profession has as its duty the obligation to provide a building that is dry and free of mold growth.
  When cleaning the body of the light, it is recommended to use a dry, lint free cloth for the best possible result.
  The central glasshouse had two lean-to hothouses, one dry for cacti, the other humid for tropical plants.
  Meanwhile, the fire was busy, the wood was dry and free, and his thoughts ran just as freely on future good times until he too dozed in front of the blaze.
  Water the plant when the soil surface feels dry to a light touch.
  In the fortunate first world, we are warm, fed and dry, and largely free of the famines, pains and diseases that brought misery to our forefathers.
- 1.2(lacking natural moisture)
  (mouth/leaves/skin/hair) seco
  (sobs) sin lágrimas
  (cough) seco
  my mouth was dry with fear — tenía la boca seca de miedo
  I feel dry after all that talking — tengo la garganta seca de tanto hablar
  a crust of dry bread — una corteza de pan duro
  Recently I have also noticed extremely dry skin on my arms, legs and feet.
  Next Lisa applies an ‘intensive hydrating masque’ which is oil free and perfect for dry skin like mine.
  I have dry skin, so moisturising is a necessity.
  Since there is less moisture in the air, the skin can become very dry and dehydrated, as it fails to replenish the moisture that is exuded naturally into the air.
  I've always been prone to dry skin and hair, so I really noticed a huge shift when I began adding more oil to my diet.
  Her palms were feeling extremely sweaty all of a sudden, but her throat was very dry.
  If you have other telltale symptoms, such as brittle hair and nails, dry skin and a tendency to feel cold, definitely get checked out.
  That said, men with dry hair should try to limit washings to every three days or so.
  His voice surged for a moment but it was scratchy, his throat was very dry.
  However, I kept noticing things before we left, like my face was too dry, then my hair was too dry, then I had to find lip gloss because my face was looking blah!
  Cold weather and low indoor humidity can cause dry, chapped skin during the winter months.
  If your hair is very dry, damaged or chemically treated, treat yourself to a deep conditioning once a week.
  Whether your hair is dry or greasy, the following shampoos and conditioners will tame that mane of yours for good.
  If your hair is excessively dry and it does not respond to the above treatments, you may not be eating enough fat.
  If your problem is dry hair, first massage coconut or olive into your scalp.
  A regular deep conditioning treatment can also help rehydrate dry hair.
  In addition, try sucking a throat lozenge as the sucking action helps to keep a dry throat moist.
  Gary said the first warning sign is normally a sore or dry throat, the feeling most people associate with swollen glands.
  They were recommended by a friend, and helped my hair not be so dry from all of the color treatments.
  If you can't find a conditioner for black hair, try one designed for dry hair instead as these will have a similar effect.
- 1.3(dried-up)
  (well/river) seco
  the cow has gone dry — la vaca no da más leche
  In Australia, salt is produced by solar evaporation from sea water, saline lake waters, underground brines and harvested from dry lake beds.
  During the summer, the river was dry from its source near Kemble to Cricklade and the water basin at Ashton Keynes was waterless for two months.
  They began some 190,000 years ago when a major volcano blew its top, spewing molten lava into nearby dry river beds.
  The area consists of steep mountains rising to around 1,500 metres with flat valleys, and the area is peppered with sand dunes and dry lakes.
  The chase cars began because we were using a dry lake bed for initial training before using the paved runway.
  Hesaraghatta lake, one of the biggest sources of fresh water supply to the city, went dry quite sometime ago.
  From the next bridge one can see some more sculpted rock, and round the corner the river was dry in this wettest of seasons.
  The riverine woodland diminishes daily and most rivers are dry for some of the year.
  The dams were empty, the creek was dry, all I had was two bores.
  A surge of water was barreling down on him from the far end of the dry river bed.
  Almost all of these are away from major rivers, dry creeks, and sagebrush flats, where recent sediments tend to cover the older rocks.
  Scientists hope that some of those rocks contain sediments that will reveal information about past conditions in the crater, which could be a dry lake bed.
  Hughes also notes that the aquifer runs beneath two dry lakes in the area, Cadiz and Bristol.
  On an old, dry river bend stand the ruins of an ancient chapel that Jordanians say is the site of Jesus' baptism by John the Baptist.
  Since then, one of the wells used to supply the community with water has gone dry.
  Bessie and Randy were making their way out of the dry river bed that was sometimes Kiowa Creek.
  On a typical summer day, several dozen dust devils spin across the dry lake bed in Nevada's Eldorado Valley.
  Most of the time, they have to walk for kilometers or dig holes in dry ponds just for one or two pails of dirty water.
  We swooped along a dry river bed to land near the Settlers Arms Inn, in St Albans.
  Residents have turned to the murky pond for their water supply, as truck- and pipe-borne sources have been almost dry.
  The withered trees and dry streams portray the grim situation.
  Will there be an end to exports from the country as tax makes most of the oil supply go dry?
  He pulled his horses to the edge of the highway, above a stupendous array of mountains, dry rivers, scrubby hill crests.
  When water from a nearby active stream flooded into the dry watercourse, the nests and eggs, like those on the flats, were inundated with mud.
- 1.4(not rainy, not humid)
  (climate/heat/weather) seco
  tomorrow will be dry — mañana hará tiempo seco
  Their shade reduces evaporation and keeps the soil moist during the dry season, and their roots protect the banks from erosion.
  It was a dry month, with rainfall being only 47 per cent of average and reservoirs only 59 per cent full.
  Overall, the climate is humid and cool, with very wet winters and dry summers.
  During the growing season, keep the roots moist in dry weather and take care when weeding, as blackcurrants are shallow-rooted.
  It was lovely weather and we had an indoor BBQ since there was a ban on any outdoor burning because of the dry weather we have been having the last couple of weeks.
  On my first visit to the short grass plains of the southern Serengeti, they were as parched and dry as any desert.
  The drought belt of Africa has had almost two decades of exceptionally dry weather.
  The cold winters and dry climate would stress the animals all across the Northern Hemisphere.
  New South Wales has entered an early bush fire season, which is being exacerbated by extremely low levels of rainfall, dry winds and high temperatures.
  There is seldom a long dry spell and rainfall is abundant.
  Ghana's subequatorial climate is warm and humid, with distinct alternations between rainy summer and dry winters.
  Testing during extremely dry weather or when the ground is frozen may be less desirable.
  But Scotland and Northern Ireland will see the best of the weather with mostly dry spells.
  In the winter, the winds reverse and blow in a seaward direction, which is the reason why Indian winters are so dry.
  If they have good root systems they can withstand severe dry spells without injury.
  While very little rain falls during the dry season, the amount that does fall is more variable than during the wet season.
  Saturday and Sunday looks like being drier at the moment with the chance of a light frost overnight.
  When temperatures drop, so does the skin's moisture level - a direct result of dehydrating cold, dry air.
  The polar continental is usually a dry air mass, having little distance to travel over the sea.
  During the summer, keep them moist in dry weather, apply a liquid feed every three weeks and, if necessary, give the plants a support to prevent damage by wind and heavy rain.
- 1.5(using no fluid)
  (cell) seco
  he had a dry shave — se afeitó en seco
  a piece of dry bread — una rebanada de pan sin mantequilla
  The modernization will change the cement-making process from the wet, slurry-type process used now to a state-of-the-art dry process that will increase production about 40 percent.
  Calvert points out that the floods triggered by the recent storm surge had demonstrated the eco friendly nature of the dry latrines.
  Under this Act construction of a dry latrine and its manual cleaning was made an offence.
  The camp has solar panels, revolutionary dry latrines, a whole lot of candlelight and kerosene light, and a mandate to be good to the land and people.
  But even where activists have successfully sealed dry latrines, the fate of the people is pathetic.
  His duties consisted of grooming the magistrate's horse, cleaning out the stable, cutting firewood and keeping clean the dry earth closet out in the yard.
  Recommendations resulting from the meeting included the use of dry sanitation facilities in informal settlements.
2
(prohibiting sale of alcohol)
(state/county) (donde está prohibida la venta de bebidas alcohólicas) seco
- The distillery, you see, lies in a parish that's been dry since prohibition.
- It's hard to find a country where a great many of the social ills aren't related to drink or drugs, particularly in the ones that are dry or have prohibition.
- Do dry campuses stem student drinking - or aggravate the problem?
- But the Wilson Act also left a loophole, in that it did not allow dry states to prohibit the importation of alcohol for personal use.
3
(not sweet)
(wine/sherry) seco
(champagne) brut
(champagne) seco
- Beginners sometimes describe dry wines as sweet because they confuse fruitiness with sweetness.
- For whites we waived Chardonnay and Sauvignon Blanc for the more aromatic Chenin Blanc and dry Riesling.
- Oloroso is an aromatic, nutty sherry made in both dry and slightly sweet styles.
- The large, copper-coloured grapes make pleasant sweet as well as dry wines.
- A dry sherry seemed just the thing, so I asked for one.
- In the white category, Peel has done very well with Sancerre, Austrian wines like dry riesling and white Burgundy.
- I went to the bar and asked for a dry sherry and sat in a discreet corner behind a decorative shrub.
- Wedding cake does not taste good with dry champagne - no, not even Krug.
- Although many of the wines are dry, sweet Vermentino wines are also produced.
- You don't have to stick with sweet wines, some dry reds can make suitable chocolate partners as well.
- With spring swigging in mind, Somerfield is introducing a juicy new range of Antipodean Riesling, dry muscat, Sauvignon Blanc and Verdelho wines.
- The light-bodied liqueur is pleasantly dry and aromatic, impressive in every respect.
- While the wines are technically dry, their ripeness suggests sweetness to many palates.
- It is a very dry wine best drunk as an aperitif, and served slightly chilled.
- If you are having trouble figuring out whether a wine is dry or not, look at the alcohol.
- My friend thought the champagne was too dry so she wanted it mixed with orange juice.
- Alsace wines that used to be dry are often medium sweet nowadays.
- Clearly a dry wine such as a Fino Sherry or Sercial Madeira is most appropriate at the start of the meal, not the end.
- We enjoyed a glass with some Chambord Liqueur, a nice twist to this moderately dry champagne.
- This was a very agreeable crisp, dry wine which could stand its own against an equivalent French, Italian or New World offering.
4
- 4.1(ironic)
  (remark/wit/humor) mordaz
  (humor/remark/wit) cáustico
  Given the vantage point of 35 years, LeWitt's art scarcely seems emotionally dry.
  I have a dry sense of humor, which the girls love me for.
  I always love the incredibly dry, spare tone of the Times when it approaches ultra-weird subjects.
  She has a very dry sense of humor, much like mine actually.
  The dry, silent male mourning seemed much worse than the noisy grief of the women.
  It's made me laugh from your dry humor and weep for the victims of corporate crime tactics.
  His sense of humour was dry, he could be irascible, and he was razor sharp.
  ‘What an elaborate scheme,’ a dry voice commented.
  Marty flails about on stage for a while, desperately trying to drum up some enthusiasm and energy for what is a dull, dry performance.
  Dr. House has the perfect dry wit to deal with his rather depressing field of work.
  A dry skepticism likewise informs her views on the art world, and on the varying fortunes of Duchamp's work and reputation within it.
  His comments were made in dull, dry tones, suggesting he'd rather be anywhere else.
  The rail workers are blessed with a down-to-earth sense of humor and dry wit that is more than a match for any managerial staff.
  There is a fine line between dry wit and wicked sarcasm.
  I wanted to think this was some kind of dry joke, but 3 years of servile apologetics from some broadcasters prevent me.
  In contrast to what he sees as the dry formalism of his forbears, Morrison offers a self-consciously passionate response to the play.
  It stays true to its roots of biting satire and dry wit and avoids becoming nonsensical.
  Add to that the invention, intelligence and dry wit this title contains, and it deserves to top the charts.
  There are really dry jokes throughout the whole thing.
  The show was hosted by a young woman who also injected a dry sense of humour into her performance.
  Kev's dry wit and quiet sense of humour was much appreciated.
  Each page of The Finishing School is alive with her customary ironic, dry wit, and yet she somehow leaves the reader thirsty for more.
  He had a great sense of humour and a ready, dry wit but he embodied a certain kind of simplicity and humility.
  The politician's agenda does tend to be as dry and unemotional as his personality.
  Subtle jokes and dry humour set up some nice character development, backed by worthy acting.
  Many found his manner abrupt at times, but his sardonic humour and dry wit were much enjoyed.
  His voice sounded dull and dry to him, without depth or meaning anymore.
  ‘Is that a problem?’ she asked in a dry tone that I thought I may have imagined.
  But viewer beware, a dry sense of humour is needed to enjoy this movie to its fullest.
  He had a very dry sense of humor that made her think of her father.
  So any construal of forgiveness that seems flat or dry is obviously lacking.
  As a result he is often referred to as a philosopher of art, giving the impression of being dry and detached from the world around him.
  He will be remembered for his quick wit, his one-liners and his dry sense of humour.
- 4.2(lacking warmth)
  (laugh/greeting/style) seco
5
(dull, boring)
(lecture/book) árido
just the dry facts, with no embellishment — la verdad a secas, sin adornos
- This comparison might make history seem somewhat dry and unimaginative.
- Menand suggests that the author's avoidance of such metaphysical pathos was what made much of his writing awkward and dry.
- It not only conveys information, the dry facts and figures of the events, but also their full emotional weight.
- While this book certainly qualifies as a scholarly work, it is not a dry history filled only with facts and figures.
- So, if you thought history was a dry subject, you obviously haven't read a new book that basically makes history one big drinking game.
- This approach has put their opponents at an unfortunate disadvantage; for, again, no one wants to go to a drama and be presented with dry facts.
- We must assume his comments were deliberately provocative to attract interest to the rather dry topic of female participation in public life.
- The rest of the book is filled with such anecdotes turning what could have been quite a dry subject into something real and gripping.
- And the most remarkable thing of all is that she makes this normally dry subject very funny in her highly effective popular book.
- It is a welcome break from the dry writing style of many manuals with little or no supporting graphics.
- The aim is to take what was once a dry topic confined to the history text books and bring it alive for the younger generations.
- In between are 11 pages of useful information, including dry facts and quirky anecdotes, encompassing every area of life.
- New teaching methods were about trying to engage kids rather than forcing them to digest dry facts.
- Written for the educated, informed individual, the book does not get bogged down in dry information.
- It could be argued that such an approach was necessary in order to inspire the audience's interest in a dry subject.
- This topic is necessarily dry and even tedious because it is an exhaustive exercise in the logic of all possible relationships.
- You have to admit that's a pretty good reason, but still, students find the OSI model information to be very dry.
- Such anecdotes illuminate the dry facts and dates in which the past was formerly embalmed.
- For such a dry subject, the move to international accounting standards generates a surprising amount of heat.
- He does not spout dry information, but colours facts with his own thoughtful perspective.

transitive verb

1
(with cloth, heat)
(clothes/crockery) secar
to dry oneself — secarse
- to dry one's eyes/tears — secarse las lágrimas
- [ S ]dry on a flat surface — no colgar
- ‘I'll wash, you dry,’ said Jake, turning on the tap and staring at the water that gushed out.
- Wash and dry the potatoes, prick with a fork and place on a baking tray.
- I also advise using moisturiser, especially in winter, as the cold air dries the skin.
- He has my window open and my space heater running to try to dry out the carpet, and he'll replace that if necessary.
- She quickly hopped in the shower, washed her hair, then dried it.
- David finished drying and washing the dishes and headed off to take a shower.
- Isn't it obvious that such an elaborate grooming procedure would be left to after one has washed and dried one's hair?
- So, my job was to dry out the string - I microwaved it, would you believe - and then to hang up the cards.
- Thankfully, some high winds have helped to dry off the playing pitches.
- After I worked out, I showered and dried my hair and fixed my face, and generally returned myself to a reasonably presentable state.
- They were washing and drying dishes and chattering when the doorbell rang.
- I move to the sink, wash my hands, dry them and set the timer.
- When I helped Gemma to dry up, the tea towel slid on oily cutlery.
- During roasting, lard is spread over it to avoid drying out the meat.
- Finished painting the conservatory, had something to eat, washed up, dried up, and ironed a top for tomorrow.
- Local companies have also provided dehumidifiers to dry out the classroom damaged by the van.
- Mrs Dunn said she left a bedroom window slightly ajar for about half an hour to dry off some washing.
- Many contain sugar, which feeds odor-causing bacteria, and sprays and mouthwashes generally contain alcohol, which dries out your mouth.
- Wash and dry your hands or use soft cotton gloves.
- The samples were further dried overnight under vacuum.
- I hurriedly washed and dried some jeans - just in time for my train.
- To sterilise your jars before potting, wash them well then dry them in a low oven.
- What she remembers most clearly about that afternoon is her mother's anger because Anny had taken so long to wash and dry one of her nighties.
2
(preserve)
(fruit/fish/meat) secar
- Fresh fruit or dried fruits can play an important role in satisfying the sweet tooth and combating obesity.
- Among other things, Sakhi inmates are given training in flower arrangement using dried parts of plants.
- Fragrant barks and dried flowers hold their own appeal.
- Baskets woven from leaves and grass held fruit and dried meat.
- Because I am currently burning the candle at both ends, got home and made my bread, left it to rise, and made my Moroccan dried fruit salad.
- Healthy nibbles, for me, would be dried fruit, fruit and yoghurt.
- Spinach, dried beans and dried fruit are all natural products rich in iron.
- They shouldered baskets of vegetables and dried fruits which they had brought to change for salt and candies.
- Flowers can be dried and used in arrangements, wreaths, potpourri, sachets, and more.
- Try dried apricots and almonds, dried mangoes and Brazil nuts, and dried figs and walnuts.
- Dates or dried fruit are great for satisfying sweet cravings.
- Muntries is a native plant that's well-known to local Aboriginal people; they ate the fruits and dried them to trade with other tribes.
- When fresh fruits are dried, the sugar in them becomes much more concentrated: about 70 per cent of the weight of a raisin comes from sugar.
- Wire flowers before drying them; after they're dried, they may shatter.
- The atmosphere is heavy with the scents of a dark corner of the garden or even of the inside of one of the sheds, all damp wood and dried flower heads.
- Some salad dressings contain sulfites, and so do dried fruits like apricots or golden raisins.
- The meat was dried in the malting kiln and ground in the malt mill.
- Peony flowers also can be dried and used in arrangements.
- If I crave something sweet it's usually dried apricots or dried cranberries.
- Most of us know that dried chamomile flowers infused to make a tea, calm, soothe and help you sleep.

intransitive verb

1
(become dry)
(dishes/paint/washing/concrete) secarse
you wash and I'll dry — tú lavas y yo seco
- I hung it out to dry — lo tendí para que se secara
- Have to keep the throat from drying out, no matter how much it hurts to swallow.
- Bare rooted plants ordered from nurseries at the end of the summer will arrive this month and should be planted out straight away to stop the roots drying out.
- After swimming we sat on a log to dry off in the sun.
- The sun is finally out in Calgary, and despite a quick thunderstorm this afternoon, things seem to be drying out.
- There was a downpour so we went to his apartment to dry off.
- Soil dries faster in terra-cotta pots, high temperatures and wind.
- Moisturize your skin constantly to help prevent your skin from drying out and from getting wrinkles.
- He uses a piece of unsliced smoked salmon, and slices it slightly thicker than normal so that it will pan-fry without drying out.
- Once you are satisfied with the colors, let the paints and inks dry.
- My companion ventured back to the beach to dry off.
- Have you ever watched your clothes dry in the clothes dryer at the laundromat?
- Leave the shower doors or curtain open after bathing so that it dries faster.
- The flood victims either install themselves at our campsite or head back to London to dry off and restock, while I snatch a couple of hours sleep.
- Let the pots stand in a saucer of water, ideally rainwater, then let them dry off a bit over the winter.
- She looked up and over at me in surprise, tears slowly drying up.
- The tape survived, but only after it had spent Boxing Day drying on the radiator.
- If blistering does occur, allow the paint to dry for a few days.
- We sleep in the cheapest motel we can find, hanging up our clothes and sleeping bags in the room so that they can dry off.
- Barely had the ink dried on last week's column than the phone rang.
- The ink dried quickly on glossy paper and didn't have a strong odor.
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