asegurar
Meaning
- (transitive) to secure (to make fast; to close or confine effectually)
- (transitive) to assure (to give (someone) confidence in the trustworthiness of)
- to claim, to maintain
- (transitive) to ensure, to guarantee (to make a pledge to someone)
- (reflexive) to make sure, to ensure (to take care that something happens)
- (transitive) to insure (to provide for compensation if some specified risk occurs)
- to belay
Concepts
make firm
Synonyms
segurar
protectar
hacer creer
hacer agarrar
respaldar financieramente
asegurar con tablas
listonar
apuestar
dar o alcanzar algo
Translations
Frequency
Hyphenated as
a‧se‧gu‧rar
Pronounced as (IPA)
/aseɡuˈɾaɾ/
Etymology
In summary
Inherited from Old Spanish assegurar, from Vulgar Latin *assēcūrare, from Latin sēcūrus (“safe”). Compare English assure.
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