seguro

seguro

1. neuter of seguru

Borrowed from Spanish seguro (“secure”).

• Hyphenation: se‧gu‧ro
• IPA^(key): /seˈɡuɾo/

seguro

1. maybe

   Synonyms: baka, tibaad

2. (rare) sure

   Synonyms: sige, areglado

Borrowed from Spanish seguro.

• Hyphenation: se‧gu‧ro
• IPA^(key): /seˈɡuɾo/, [s̪ɪˈɡu.ɾ̪ʊ]

seguro

1. maybe

seguro

1. sure

seguro

1. to make sure; to verify; to recheck; to use extra care or caution
2. to secure; to make oneself secure of

From Old Portuguese seguro, from Latin sēcūrus (“careless”).

seguro m (feminine singular segura, masculine plural seguros, feminine plural seguras)

1. secure, safe (free from danger)

• Rhymes: -uɾu
• Hyphenation: se‧gu‧ro

From Old Portuguese seguro, from Latin sēcūrus (“careless”).

Cognate with Galician and Spanish seguro, Catalan and Occitan segur, French sûr, Italian sicuro and English sicker.

seguro (feminine segura, masculine plural seguros, feminine plural seguras)

1. safe; secure (free from danger)

   Não te preocupes, voar é seguro.

   Don’t worry, flying is safe.

   Essa ponte não me parece muito segura.

   This bridge doesn’t look very safe.

2. sure; certain (without doubt)

   Não estou seguro de que ganharemos.

   I am not sure we will win.

   Synonym: certo

3. self-confident (confident in one’s abilities)

   Mesmo estando seguro, não consegui.

   Even though I was self-confident, I didn’t succeed.

   Synonym: confiante

• Guinea-Bissau Creole: suguru
• Kabuverdianu: suguru, siguru

seguro m (plural seguros)

1. (finance) insurance (indemnity against a future occurrence of an uncertain event)

   Comprei um seguro contra incêndios. ― I bought fire insurance.

seguro (comparable, comparative mais seguro, superlative o mais seguro)

1. safe; safely (in a manner free from danger)

   Viaje seguro, use o cinto. ― Drive safe, use the seatbelt.

   Synonym: seguramente

seguro

1. first-person singular present indicative of segurar

From Old Spanish seguro, from Latin sēcūrus.

• IPA^(key): /seˈɡuɾo/ [seˈɣ̞u.ɾo]
• Rhymes: -uɾo
• Syllabification: se‧gu‧ro

seguro (feminine segura, masculine plural seguros, feminine plural seguras, superlative segurísimo)

1. secure, safe (free from danger)

   Synonym: a salvo

2. certain, sure, positive, definite (of being correct)

   ¿Estás seguro? ― Are you sure?

   Sí, estoy seguro. ― Yes, I'm positive.

   ¿Estás seguro de que escuchó lo que dijiste?

   Are you certain he/she listened to what you said?

   Synonyms: correcto, certero

3. secure, firm, stable, reliable, surefire, foolproof (not likely to fall)
4. security, security-related
5. confident, self-confident

   Synonyms: confiado, seguro de sí mismo

6. (Philippines) probably; maybe[1]

• inseguro

• Chavacano: siguro
• Papiamentu: sigur
• → Cebuano: seguro
• → Tagalog: siguro

seguro m (plural seguros)

1. (insurance) insurance (indemnity against a future occurrence)
2. (mechanics) safety, safety catch, safety lock

   Afortunadamente, el seguro estaba puesto. ― Thankfully, the safety was on.

seguro

1. for sure
2. surely, certainly

seguro

1. first-person singular present indicative of segurar

• “seguro”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

• grueso, güeros, ruegos, suegro

Borrowed from Spanish seguro. Doublet of siguro.

• Hyphenation: se‧gu‧ro
• IPA^(key): /seˈɡuɾo/, [seˈɣu.ɾo]

seguro

1. insurance

   Synonyms: marahil, kaypala, yata, baka

2. Alternative form of siguro

• sigurado
• sigurista
• seguridad

seguro

1. Alternative form of siguro

• siguro

From Latin securus. Compare Italian sicuro.

seguro m (feminine singular segura, masculine plural seguri, feminine plural segure)

1. safe, secure
2. certain

• → Greek: σίγουρος (sígouros)
  • → Romanian: sigur
    • → Bulgarian: сигурен (siguren)
    • → Macedonian: сигурен (siguren)
• → Serbo-Croatian: siguran / сигуран