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seguro — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • assurance noun A confident promise or statement meant to remove doubt.
  • confident adj Feeling sure of yourself or your abilities.
  • fast adj Moving or able to move at high speed; quick.
  • insurance noun An arrangement where you pay a company regularly so it covers you financially if something bad happens.
  • safe adj Free from danger, harm, or risk.
  • secure adj Protected from danger, harm, or loss.
  • sound noun A sensation perceived by the ear, caused by vibrations traveling through air or another medium.
  • sure adj Certain or confident about something.

Senses

seguro is used for these senses in English:

  • assurance (insurance) Insurance; a contract for the payment of a sum on occasion of a certain event, as loss or death. Assurance is used in relation to life contingencies, and insurance in relation to other contingencies. It is called temporary assurance, in the time within which the contingent event must happen is limited.
  • confident Very sure of something; positive.
  • fast (dated) Firmly or securely fixed in place; stable. [from 9th c.]
  • safe Providing protection from danger; providing shelter.
  • safe Properly secured.
  • secure Free from attack or danger; protected.
  • sound Complete, solid, or secure.
  • sure Physically secure and certain, non-failing, reliable.

assurance — full definition

  1. noun A confident promise or statement meant to remove doubt.
  2. noun Confidence in oneself; self-assured certainty.
  3. noun British English term for insurance, especially life insurance.

confident — full definition

  1. adj Feeling sure of yourself or your abilities.
  2. adj Certain that something is true or will happen.

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