asegurar

From Vulgar Latin *assēcūrare, from Latin sēcūrus (“safe”).

asegurar (first-person singular indicative present aseguro, past participle aseguráu)

1. to insure
2. to assure

• seguru

Attested since the 13th century. From Vulgar Latin *assēcūrare, from Latin sēcūrus (“safe”).

• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Hyphenation: a‧se‧gu‧rar

asegurar (first-person singular present aseguro, first-person singular preterite asegurei, past participle asegurado)

1. (transitive) to make firm or secure

   Synonym: afirmar

2. (transitive) to ensure, assure or secure
3. (transitive) to insure (to provide for compensation if some specified risk occurs)

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “asegurar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “asegur”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “asegurar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “asegurar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “asegurar”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

• assegurar

From Vulgar Latin *assēcūrare, from Latin sēcūrus (“safe”).

asegurar

1. to reassure; to embolden; to encourage

• segur

• Occitan: assegurar

• Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “*assecurare”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volume 25: Refonte Apaideutos–Azymus, page 509

Inherited from Old Spanish assegurar, from Vulgar Latin *assēcūrare, from Latin sēcūrus (“safe”). Compare English assure.

• IPA^(key): /aseɡuˈɾaɾ/ [a.se.ɣ̞uˈɾaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: a‧se‧gu‧rar

asegurar (first-person singular present aseguro, first-person singular preterite aseguré, past participle asegurado)

1. (transitive) to secure (to make fast; to close or confine effectually)

   Synonyms: sujetar, afianzar

2. (transitive) to assure (to give (someone) confidence in the trustworthiness of)

   Te aseguro que haremos todo lo posible.

   I assure you that we will do everything possible.

3. to claim, to maintain

   Synonyms: afirmar, declarar, confirmar

4. (transitive) to ensure, to guarantee (to make a pledge to someone)

   asegurar que... ― to ensure that...

5. (reflexive) to make sure, to ensure (to take care that something happens)

   Synonym: cerciorarse

   Asegúrate de que se despierten temprano.

   Make sure they wake up early.

6. (transitive) to insure (to provide for compensation if some specified risk occurs)
7. (climbing) to belay

• “asegurar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024