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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

  1. verb To tell someone something confidently in order to remove their doubt or worry.
  2. verb To make something certain to happen; to guarantee it.

buttress — full definition

  1. noun A brick, concrete or stone structure built against another structure to support it.
  2. noun Anything that serves to support something; a prop.
  3. noun A buttress root.
  4. noun A feature jutting prominently out from a mountain or rock.

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