asegurar

Meaning

1. (transitive) to secure (to make fast; to close or confine effectually)
2. (transitive) to assure (to give (someone) confidence in the trustworthiness of)
3. to claim, to maintain
4. (transitive) to ensure, to guarantee (to make a pledge to someone)
5. (reflexive) to make sure, to ensure (to take care that something happens)
6. (transitive) to insure (to provide for compensation if some specified risk occurs)
7. to belay

Concepts

assure

insure

ensure

secure

guarantee

underwrite

warrant

affirm

promise

fix

certify

keep

fasten

save

cover

vouch

conserve

preserve

check

see

strap

tell

abide

abide by

accomplish

achieve

back

execute

exercise

fulfil

meet

observe

perform

protect

safeguard

confirm

make firm

anchor

rivet

obstruct

support

deliver

entrust

supervise

economize

attach

guard

spare

store

brace

stabilize

steady

make sure

assert

aver

brace up

undergird

ascertain

control

see to it

justify

batten

batten down

indemnify

moor

tie

trust

Hyphenated as

a‧se‧gu‧rar

Pronounced as (IPA)

/aseɡuˈɾaɾ/

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish assegurar, from Vulgar Latin *assēcūrare, from Latin sēcūrus (“safe”). Compare English assure.