secos

American  

[see-kohs, -kaws] / ˈsi koʊs, -kɔs /

noun

1. sekos.

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Example Sentences

El desierto de Atacama, una meseta en lo alto de los Andes chilenos, es uno de los lugares más secos y oscuros del mundo.

From New York Times • Apr. 19, 2023

The young priest opened the gate of the secos.

From The Tour A Story of Ancient Egypt by Couperus, Louis

In the "gran secos" of La Plata, the indigenous animals, such as the American deer, die by thousands, and suffer apparently as much as the cattle.

From Life and Letters of Charles Darwin — Volume 1 by Darwin, Francis, Sir

But the priest remained pleasant and the other priests sang while conducting the strangers to Apis’ own secos.

From The Tour A Story of Ancient Egypt by Couperus, Louis

It has a rough mildew that sticks to the clothes and penetrates them, which the Spaniards call amores secos.

From The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 — Volume 23 of 55 1629-30 Explorations by early navigators, descriptions of the islands and their peoples, their history and records of the catholic missions, as related in contemporaneous books and manuscripts, showing the political, economic, commercial and religious conditions of those islands from their earliest relations with European nations to the close of the nineteenth century. by Robertson, James Alexander