seguro

seguro

1. neuter of seguru

• siguro

Borrowed from Philippine Spanish seguro (“probably; maybe”), originally shifted from Spanish seguro (“surely; certainly”), where Philippine Spanish instead uses segurado (“sure”, literally “assured”) for the same sense.

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

segúro (Basahan spelling ᜐᜒᜄᜓᜍᜓ)

1. maybe; probably; possibly; perhaps

   Synonyms: baka, tibaad

2. (rare) sure

   Synonyms: sige, areglado

Borrowed from Philippine Spanish seguro (“probably; maybe”), originally shifted from Spanish seguro (“surely; certainly”), where Philippine Spanish instead uses segurado (“sure”, literally “assured”) for the same sense.

• Hyphenation: se‧gu‧ro
• IPA^(key): /seˈɡuɾo/ [s̪eˈɡu.ɾ̪o]

seguro

1. maybe; probably; possibly; perhaps

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

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese seguro, from Latin sēcūrus (“careless”).

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

1. secure; safe (free from danger)

• siguro

Inherited from Old Spanish seguro, from Latin sēcūrus.

seguro (Hebrew spelling סיגורו)^[1]

1. secure; safe (free from danger)
   • 2007, Moshe 'Ha-Elion, Las angustias del enferno: las pasadias de un djidio de Saloniki en los kampos de eksterminasion almanes Auschwitz, Mauthausen, Melk i Ebensee‎^[2], Sentro Moshe David Gaon de Kultura Djudeo-Espanyola, Universidad Ben-Gurion del Negev, →ISBN, page 80:

     Sea por la influensa de esta persona o sea por el fakto ke no mos konvensimos, ke los lugares posivles de eskondidijo en los kualos aviamos vijitado, serian bastante seguros i no los puedrian deskuvrir en aziendo bushkida kon perros, segun supozimos ke lo iyan a azer, Binyo i yo mos dechedimos, a la fin, de mos adjuntar a un konvoyo de evakuados i de yirmos a lo deskonosido.

     Whether it be through this person’s influence or through the fact that were unconvinced that the possible hideouts in which we visited would be safe enough, they could not discover them by deploying search dogs, as we presumed that they were going to do, Binyo and I finally decided to join a convoy of evacuees and leave for the unknown.

2. certain; sure; positive; definite (of being correct)
   • 19th century, David Fresco, edited by Christoph Herzog, Richard Wittmann, Istanbul – Kushta – Constantinople: Narratives of Identity in the Ottoman Capital, 1830–1930‎^[3], Taylor & Francis, published 2018, →ISBN, page 77:

     Es una prenda segura de sukseso.

     It is sure to bring success.

seguro (Hebrew spelling סיגורו)^[1]

1. certainly; definitely; surely; no doubt

   Synonyms: bevaday, de sierto, halis

   • 1983, Elena Romero, Repertorio de noticias sobre el mundo teatral de los sefardíes orientales‎^[4], Editorial CSIC - CSIC Press, →ISBN, page 16:

     Cuando se pensa que el profito de esta repreśentación es para la Societá de Bienfećencia, queriendo dećir para haćer bien, seguro cale tomar parte a esta obra.

     When one thinks that this representation’s benefit is for the Charity Society, wishing to speak about doing good, surely one needs to take part in this work.

Inherited from Latin sēcūrus.

seguro

1. secure; safe (free from danger)
2. certain; sure; positive; definite (of being correct)

• Galician: seguro
• Portuguese: seguro

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “seguro”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega

Inherited from Latin sēcūrus.

seguro

1. secure; safe (free from danger)
2. certain; sure; positive; definite (of being correct)

• Ladino: seguro, siguro, סיגורו
• Spanish: seguro

• Ralph Steele Boggs et al. (1946) “seguro”, in Tentative Dictionary of Medieval Spanish, volume II, Chapel Hill, page 462

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

Inherited from Old Galician-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, comparable, comparative mais seguro, superlative o mais seguro or seguríssimo)

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)

   Synonym: certo

   Não estou seguro de que ganharemos.

   I am not sure we will win.

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

   Synonym: confiante

   Mesmo estando seguro, não consegui.

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

• 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)

   Synonym: seguramente

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

seguro

1. first-person singular present indicative of segurar

• IPA^(key): /seˈɡuɾo/ [seˈɣ̞u.ɾo]

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• Rhymes: -uɾo
• Syllabification: se‧gu‧ro

Inherited from Old Spanish seguro, from Latin sēcūrus.

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)

   Synonyms: correcto, certero

   ¿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?

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

• inseguro

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.

• → Tagalog: seguro

seguro

1. for sure
2. surely; certainly
3. (Philippines) probably; maybe; possibly; perhaps^[1]

   Synonyms: quizá, quizás, capaz

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

seguro

1. first-person singular present indicative of segurar

• “seguro”, 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

• grueso, güeros, ruegos, suegro

Borrowed from Spanish seguro, from Latin sēcūrus. Doublet of siguro.

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

seguro (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜒᜄᜓᜇᜓ)

1. insurance

   Synonyms: marahil, yata, baka, kaipala

2. alternative form of siguro

seguro (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜒᜄᜓᜇᜓ)

1. alternative form of siguro

• “seguro”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

• siguro

Inherited from Latin securus. Compare Italian sicuro.

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

1. secure; safe (free from danger)
2. certain; sure; positive; definite (of being correct)

• → Greek: σίγουρος (sígouros)
  • → Aromanian: siguru
  • → Romanian: sigur, сигур (sigur) — post-1930s Cyrillic spelling
    • → Bulgarian: сигурен (siguren)
    • → Macedonian: сигурен (siguren)
• → Sabir: seguro
• → Serbo-Croatian: siguran / сигуран