segurar

Meaning

1. to hold; to grasp
2. to make safe
3. to hold back (act with reserve; contain one’s full measure or power)
4. to hold back; to contain; to stop
5. to insure (provide for compensation if some specified risk occurs)

Hyphenated as

se‧gu‧rar

Pronounced as (IPA)

/se.ɡuˈɾa(ʁ)/

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese segurar, from seguro (“safe”), from Latin sēcūrus (“careless; unconcerned”).