cerciorar

Semi-learned borrowing from Latin certiōrāre, from certior (“more certain, rather certain”).

cerciorar (first-person singular present cercioro, first-person singular preterite cercioré, past participle cerciorado)

1. (pronominal, formal) to make sure, to assure oneself

   Synonym: asegurar

   • 2017 July 14, “Con la ayuda de un mensajero, Policía frustró robo de $8 millones en Bucaramanga”, in Vanguardia‎^[1]:

     Cuando esté en el banco cerciórese de que dentro de la entidad financiera no se hagan llamadas por celular.

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2. (transitive, uncommon) to assure

• cerciorarse is considered more formal than asegurar and as such is not usually heard in everyday parlance.

• “cerciorar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy, 2023 November 28