The Imperative Mood (Affirmative Commands) of secarse is used to give direct orders or instructions for someone to dry themselves or something else, for example ¡Sécate las manos! (Dry your hands!).

This verb follows the -car to -que spelling-changing conjugation pattern, where the c changes to qu before the e endings.

Conjugations

Conjugations of Secarse (to dry oneself) in the Imperative Mood (Affirmative Commands) tense (Castilian Spanish):

Secarse generally means to dry or to become dry, but has several different meanings in the Imperative Mood (Affirmative Commands), some of which might surprise you.

To dry something: for example, ¡Sécate las manos! (Dry your hands!)

To dry oneself: for example, ¡Sécate después de bañarte! (Dry yourself after bathing!)

To stop crying (colloquial): for example, ¡Sécate esas lágrimas! (Stop those tears!)

To calm down (colloquial): for example, ¡Sécate un poco! (Calm down a bit!)

To leave (rude, colloquial): for example, ¡Sécate de aquí! (Get out of here!)

Examples

Examples of Secarse in the Imperative Mood (Affirmative Commands)

¡Sécate las manos antes de comer! (Dry your hands before eating!)

Niños, sequémonos con las toallas después de nadar en la piscina. (Kids, let’s dry ourselves with the towels after swimming in the pool.)

Amigos, secaos el sudor después del partido de fútbol. (Friends, dry off the sweat after the soccer game.)

Señoras y señores, por favor séquense los pies antes de entrar al avión. (Ladies and gentlemen, please dry your feet before boarding the plane.)

Después de lavar el carro, sécate bien para no mojar el interior. (After washing the car, dry yourself thoroughly so you don’t get the inside wet.)

En el gimnasio, séquense el sudor con una toalla limpia después de hacer ejercicio. (At the gym, dry off your sweat with a clean towel after working out.)

Oye, ¿puedes secarte las lágrimas? Todo va a estar bien. (Hey, can you dry your tears? Everything will be alright.)

Antes de salir a la calle, sécate el cabello para no resfriarte. (Before going out, dry your hair so you don’t catch a cold.)

Después de lavar los platos, séquense las manos con un paño limpio. (After washing the dishes, dry your hands with a clean cloth.)

¡Secaos rápido para que podamos irnos a la fiesta! (Dry off quickly so we can go to the party!)

Compañeros de trabajo, sequémonos las manos antes de volver a la oficina. (Co-workers, let’s dry our hands before going back to the office.)

Después de la lluvia, sécate bien antes de entrar a casa. (After the rain, dry yourself thoroughly before entering the house.)

Conjugations with English Translations

Conjugations of Secarse (to dry oneself) in the Imperative Mood (Affirmative Commands) tense (Castilian Spanish) with English Translations:

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Synonyms

The Imperative mood is also known as the Command Form, Affirmative Command Mood, or Direct Command Form in English, and as Modo Imperativo, Imperativo Afirmativo, Mandatos Afirmativos, or Forma de Mandato in Spanish.