# seguro
## 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: /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

* segurado
* seguridad

## Cebuano
### 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

* Hyphenation: se‧gu‧ro
* IPA: /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)
* 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)
* 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 2 “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: /seˈɡu.ɾu/
* (Brazil) IPA: /seˈɡu.ɾu/
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /seˈɡu.ɾo/
* (Portugal) IPA: /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: /seˈɡuɾo/ [seˈɣ̞u.ɾo]
* Audio (Peru):(file)
* Rhymes: -uɾo
* Syllabification: se‧gu‧ro

### Etymology 1

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

* a golpe seguro
* asegurar
* seguranza
* segurar
* seguridad

##### 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
    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

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

### Further reading

* “seguro”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

### Anagrams

* grueso, güeros, ruegos, suegro

## Tagalog
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog) IPA: /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

* segurado
* seguridad
* segurista

### Adverb

seguro (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜒᜄᜓᜇᜓ)
* Alternative form of siguro

### Further reading

* “seguro”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

## 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