siguro

Ladino

Pronunciation

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Adjective

siguro (Hebrew spelling סיגורו)[1]

  1. alternative form of seguro
    • 1982, Enrique Saporta y Beja, En torno de la torre blanca[2], Editions Vidas Largas, page 289:
      Esto siguro ke en tu penseryo estaras kon mi, komo yo esto kon ti en mi mueva vida.
      I am sure that you shall be with me in your thoughts, as I am with you in my new life.

Adverb

siguro (Hebrew spelling סיגורו)[1]

  1. alternative form of seguro
    • 1999, Eliezer Papo, La megila de Saray[3], E. Papo, page 106:
      Siguro le vinieron algunos chuilis ke manyana parten i intonses tenia ke fazer fecho kon eyos agora.
      Surely some peasants that leave tomorrow came thereto, so [somebody] has to deal with them now.

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 siguro”, in Trezoro de la Lengua Djudeoespanyola [Treasure of the Judeo-Spanish Language] (in Ladino, Hebrew, and English), Instituto Maale Adumim

Tagalog

Alternative forms

Etymology

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.[1] Doublet of seguro.

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /siˈɡuɾo/ [sɪˈɣuː.ɾo]
  • Rhymes: -uɾo
  • Syllabification: si‧gu‧ro

Adverb

siguro (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜒᜄᜓᜇᜓ)

  1. maybe; perhaps; probably; possibly
    Synonyms: marahil, yata, baka, kaipala

Noun

siguro (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜒᜄᜓᜇᜓ)

  1. certainty; assurance (especially in derived words)
    Synonyms: katiyakan, kasiguruhan
  2. security; safety (especially in derived words)
    Synonym: kaligtasan

Derived terms

  • isiguro
  • kasiguruhan
  • magsiguro
  • makasiguro
  • maniguro
  • masiguro
  • pagsiguro
  • pagsisiguruhan
  • paniguro
  • pasiguro
  • pasiguruhan
  • siguruhan
  • siguruhin
  • sumiguro

References

  1. ^ Lipski, John M. (June 1987) “Contemporary Philippine Spanish: Comments on Vestigial Usage”, in Philippine Journal of Linguistics[1], volume 18, number 1, page 45

Further reading

Venetan

Adjective

siguro (feminine singular sigura, masculine plural siguri, feminine plural sigure)

  1. alternative form of seguro