asegurar
Spanish, verb/aseɡuˈɾaɾ/
asegurar is spelled A-S-E-G-U-R-A-R (8 letters) and appears 34 times per million words in written Spanish, the 2,499th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Asegurar is a Spanish verb meaning “to secure (to make fast; to close or confine effectually)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Fijar algo (o alguien en una posición) de manera que quede firme, seguro y estable”.
What does asegurar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to secure (to make fast; to close or confine effectually)
- 2
to assure (to give (someone) confidence in the trustworthiness of)
Te aseguro que haremos todo lo posible.
- 3
to claim, to maintain
- 4
to ensure, to guarantee (to make a pledge to someone)
asegurar que...
- 5
to make sure, to ensure (to take care that something happens)
Asegúrate de que se despierten temprano.
- 6
to insure (to provide for compensation if some specified risk occurs)
- 7
to belay
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Fijar algo (o alguien en una posición) de manera que quede firme, seguro y estable. 2. Poner a alguien en una situación en que no pueda huir o escapar. 3. Dar confianza y tranquilidad, hacer ir la preocupación o el miedo ante algo; hacer sentir seguridad. 4. Declarar la verdad, certeza o realidad de algo; afirmar algo con convicción.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of asegurar
- aseguro first-person present singular
- aseguré first-person preterite singular
- asegurado participle past
- asegurando gerund
- asegurada feminine participle past
- asegurados masculine participle past
- aseguradas feminine participle past
- aseguras indicative informal present
- asegurás indicative informal present
- asegura indicative present singular
- aseguramos first-person indicative plural
- aseguráis indicative plural present
- aseguran indicative plural present
- aseguraba first-person imperfect indicative
- asegurabas imperfect indicative second-person
- asegurábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- asegurabais imperfect indicative plural
- aseguraban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce asegurar?
- /aseɡuˈɾaɾ/
- [a.se.ɣ̞uˈɾaɾ]
- [aseɣ̞uˈɾaɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to asegurar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is asegurar in Spanish?
asegurar appears 34 times per million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).