cerciorar
Spanish, verb[seɾsjoˈɾaɾ]
cerciorar is a Spanish verb meaning “to make sure, verify, assure oneself” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Darle a alguien la seguridad de que algo es cierto”.
What does cerciorar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to make sure, verify, assure oneself
- 2
to assure
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Darle a alguien la seguridad de que algo es cierto.
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 cerciorar
- cercioro first-person present singular
- cercioré first-person preterite singular
- cerciorado participle past
- cerciorando gerund
- cerciorada feminine participle past
- cerciorados masculine participle past
- cercioradas feminine participle past
- cercioras indicative informal present
- cerciorás indicative informal present
- cerciora indicative present singular
- cercioramos first-person indicative plural
- cercioráis indicative plural present
- cercioran indicative plural present
- cercioraba first-person imperfect indicative
- cerciorabas imperfect indicative second-person
- cerciorábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- cerciorabais imperfect indicative plural
- cercioraban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce cerciorar?
- [seɾsjoˈɾaɾ]
- [θeɾθjoˈɾaɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is cerciorar in Spanish?
cerciorar appears about once in every 51 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).