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seguro

seguro

Galician

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.
  3. self-confident; selfsecure (confident in one’s abilities)
    Mesmo estando seguro, não consegui.
    Even though I was self-confident, I didn’t succeed.

Synonyms

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.

Synonyms

Verb

seguro

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

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [se̞ˈɣu.ɾo̞]

Etymology

From Latin secūrus.

Adjective

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

  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. (clarification of this Spanish definition is being sought) certain
  4. self-confident

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Antonyms

Noun

seguro m (plural seguros)

  1. insurance (business)

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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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