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Asturian

Adjective

seguro

neuter of seguru

Bikol Central

Alternative forms

siguro

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.

Pronunciation

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

Adverb

segúro (Basahan spelling ᜐᜒᜄᜓᜍᜓ)

maybe; probably; possibly; perhaps
Synonyms: baka, tibaad
(rare) sure
Synonyms: sige, areglado

Derived terms

paseguro

Related terms

Cebuano

Etymology

Pronunciation

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

Adverb

seguro

maybe; probably; possibly; perhaps

Adjective

seguro

sure

Verb

seguro

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

Galician

Etymology

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

Adjective

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

secure; safe (free from danger)

Ladino

Alternative forms

siguro

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish seguro, from Latin sēcūrus.

Adjective

seguro (Hebrew spelling סיגורו)^[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, 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.
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, Taylor & Francis, published 2018, →ISBN, page 77:
  Es una prenda segura de sukseso.
  It is sure to bring success.

Adverb

seguro (Hebrew spelling סיגורו)^[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, 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.

References

[1]
“seguro”, in Trezoro de la Lengua Djudeoespanyola.

Old Galician-Portuguese

Etymology

Inherited from Latin sēcūrus.

Adjective

seguro

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

Descendants

Galician: seguro
Portuguese: seguro

References

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

Old Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Latin sēcūrus.

Adjective

seguro

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

Descendants

Ladino: seguro, siguro, סיגורו
Spanish: seguro

References

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

Portuguese

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /seˈɡu.ɾu/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /seˈɡu.ɾo/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /sɨˈɡu.ɾu/ [sɨˈɣu.ɾu]

Rhymes: -uɾu
Hyphenation: se‧gu‧ro

Etymology 1

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.

Adjective

seguro (feminine segura, masculine plural seguros, feminine plural seguras, comparable, comparative mais seguro, superlative o mais seguro or seguríssimo)

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.
sure; certain (without doubt)
Synonym: certo

Não estou seguro de que ganharemos.
I am not sure we will win.
self-confident (confident in one’s abilities)
Synonym: confiante

Mesmo estando seguro, não consegui.
Even though I was self-confident, I didn’t succeed.

Descendants

Guinea-Bissau Creole: suguru
Kabuverdianu: suguru, siguru

Noun

seguro m (plural seguros)

(finance) insurance (indemnity against a future occurrence of an uncertain event)
Comprei um seguro contra incêndios. ― I bought fire insurance.

Adverb

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

safe; safely (in a manner free from danger)
Synonym: seguramente

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

Etymology 2

Verb

seguro

first-person singular present indicative of segurar

Spanish

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

Spanish Wikipedia has an article on:

seguro

Wikipedia ^es

Inherited from Old Spanish seguro, from Latin sēcūrus.

Adjective

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

secure; safe (free from danger)
Synonym: a salvo
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?
secure; firm; stable; reliable; surefire; foolproof (not likely to fall)
security; security-related
confident; self-confident
Synonyms: confiado, seguro de sí mismo

Antonyms

inseguro

Derived terms

Related terms

carta segura
cura
curar
curatela
curioso
incuria
ir a lo seguro
jugar a lo seguro
seguramente
seguro a sí mismo (“confident, self-confident, self-assured, sure of oneself”)

Noun

seguro m (plural seguros)

(insurance) insurance (indemnity against a future occurrence)
(mechanics) safety; safety catch; safety lock
Afortunadamente, el seguro estaba puesto. ― Thankfully, the safety was on.

Derived terms

a buen seguro
agencia de seguros
agente de seguros
al seguro
compañía de seguros
corredor de seguro
correduría de seguros
de seguro
seguro a todo riesgo (comprehensive insurance)
seguro de salud
seguro de vida
seguro sobre la vida
seguro social
sobre seguro

Adverb

seguro

for sure
surely; certainly
(Philippines) probably; maybe; possibly; perhaps^[1]
Synonyms: quizá, quizás, capaz

Descendants

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

Etymology 2

Verb

seguro

first-person singular present indicative of segurar

References

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

Anagrams

grueso, güeros, ruegos, suegro

Tagalog

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

seguro (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜒᜄᜓᜇᜓ)

insurance
Synonyms: marahil, yata, baka, kaipala
Alternative form of siguro

Derived terms

ahente ng seguro
dalubseguro
ipaseguro
iseguro
magpaseguro
magseguro
nakaseguro
pagpapaseguro
pagseseguro
paseguro
paseguruhan

Related terms

Adverb

seguro (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜒᜄᜓᜇᜓ)

Alternative form of siguro

Venetan

Alternative forms

siguro

Etymology

Inherited from Latin securus. Compare Italian sicuro.

Adjective

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

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

Descendants

→ 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

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