cierto
Asturian
Adjective
cierto
- neuter of ciertu
Spanish
Etymology
Inherited from Old Spanish cierto, from Latin certus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈθjeɾto/ [ˈθjeɾ.t̪o] (Spain)
- IPA(key): /ˈsjeɾto/ [ˈsjeɾ.t̪o] (Latin America, Philippines)
- Rhymes: -eɾto
- Syllabification: cier‧to
Adjective
cierto (feminine cierta, masculine plural ciertos, feminine plural ciertas)
- (of a person) true
- (of a claim) true
- Cierto o falso: la mayoría de los españoles son hispanohablantes.
- True or false: the majority of Spanish people are Spanish speakers.
- Es cierto que ambos tienen razón.
- It's true that both of them are right.
Determiner
cierto m sg (plural ciertos, feminine cierta, feminine plural ciertas)
- a certain, a specific
- Tiene cierta complejidad que no puedo explicar.
- It has a certain complexity that I can't explain.
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Further reading
- “cierto”, 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
- Manuel Seco, Olimpia Andrés, Gabino Ramos (3 August 2023) “cierto”, in Diccionario del español actual [Dictionary of Current Spanish] (in Spanish), third digital edition, Fundación BBVA [BBVA Foundation]