seguro

Cebuano

Etymology

From Spanish seguro.

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: se‧gu‧ro

Adverb

seguro

  1. maybe

Adjective

seguro

  1. sure

Verb

seguro

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

Galician

Etymology

From Old Portuguese seguro, from Latin sēcūrus (“careless”).

Adjective

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

  1. secure, safe (free from danger)

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Portuguese seguro, from Latin sēcūrus (“careless”).

Cognate with Galician and Spanish seguro, Catalan and Occitan segur, French sûr, Italian sicuro and English sicker.

Pronunciation

  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /se.ˈɡu.ɾu/
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /sɨ.ˈɣu.ɾu/
  • Hyphenation: se‧gu‧ro

Adjective

seguro m (feminine singular segura, masculine plural seguros, feminine plural seguras, comparable)

  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)
    Não estou seguro de que ganharemos.
    I am not sure we will win.
    Synonym: certo
  3. self-confident; selfsecure (confident in one’s abilities)
    Mesmo estando seguro, não consegui.
    Even though I was self-confident, I didn’t succeed.
    Synonym: confiante

Noun

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.

Adverb

seguro (comparative mais seguro superlative o mais seguro)

  1. safe; safely (in a manner free from danger)
    Viaje seguro, use o cinto. ― Drive safe, use the seatbelt.
    Synonym: seguramente

Verb

seguro

  1. first-person singular (eu) present indicative of segurar

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin secūrus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /seˈɡuɾo/, [seˈɣuɾo]

Adjective

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

  1. secure, safe (free from danger)
  2. certain, sure (of being correct)
    ¿Estás seguro? ― Are you sure?
    Sí, estoy seguro. ― Yes, I'm sure.
  3. secure, firm, stable (not likely to fall)
  4. self-confident

Synonyms

Antonyms

Noun

seguro m (plural seguros)

  1. insurance (indemnity against a future occurrence)

Derived terms

Further reading

Anagrams

Venetian

Etymology

Compare Italian sicuro

Adjective

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

  1. safe, secure
  2. certain

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