afianzar — meaning in English
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English meaning
- assure verb To tell someone something confidently in order to remove their doubt or worry.
- buttress noun A brick, concrete or stone structure built against another structure to support it.
- clamp noun A device used to hold or squeeze objects tightly together.
- secure adj Protected from danger, harm, or loss.
Senses
afianzar is used for these senses in English:
- assure (transitive) To make sure and secure; ensure.
- buttress (figurative, by extension) To support something or someone by supplying evidence.
- clamp (transitive, intransitive) To fasten in place or together with (or as if with) a clamp.
- collateralize To secure a loan or other contract by using collateral.
- secure To make safe; to relieve from apprehensions of, or exposure to, danger; to guard; to protect.
assure — full definition
- verb To tell someone something confidently in order to remove their doubt or worry.
- verb To make something certain to happen; to guarantee it.
buttress — full definition
- noun A brick, concrete or stone structure built against another structure to support it.
- noun Anything that serves to support something; a prop.
- noun A buttress root.
- noun A feature jutting prominently out from a mountain or rock.