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seguro

Spanish, noun

seguro is spelled S-E-G-U-R-O (6 letters) and appears 245 times per million words in written Spanish, the 334th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Seguro is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “insurance (indemnity against a future occurrence)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first-person singular present indicative of segurar. With an accent, seguró is a different word: “third-person singular preterite indicative of segurar”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Lugar en el que se está a salvo de todo peligro”.

What does seguro mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    secure; safe (free from danger)

  2. 2

    certain; sure; positive; definite (of being correct)

    ¿Estás seguro?

  3. 3

    secure; firm; stable; reliable; surefire; foolproof (not likely to fall)

  4. 4

    security; security-related

  5. 5

    confident; self-confident

noun

  1. 1

    masculineinsurance (indemnity against a future occurrence)

  2. 2

    masculinesafety; safety catch; safety lock

    Afortunadamente, el seguro estaba puesto.

adverb

  1. 1

    surely; certainly

  2. 2

    probably; maybe; possibly; perhaps

verb

  1. 1

    first-person singular present indicative of segurar

verb

as seguró
  1. 1

    third-person singular preterite indicative of segurar

Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Spanish dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. Exento de riesgo o peligro. 2. Absolutamente cierto. 3. Que no falla, que funciona correctamente. 4. Que está bien amarrado, atornillado, clavado, sujeto, etcétera. Que está sólidamente atado o unido.

noun: 1. Lugar en el que se está a salvo de todo peligro. 2. Mecanismo que protege un aparato de su uso a destiempo o de forma inapropiada. 3. Contrato con una aseguradora para reembolsar gastos de salud, por daños, accidentes, incendio, fallecimiento y otros. 4. Empresa que vende contratos para reembolsar gastos de salud, por daños, accidentes, incendio, fallecimiento y otros.

adverb: 1. Con seguridad, por cierto, sin duda.

interjection: 1. En forma interrogativa, manera de comprobar si lo que dice una persona es cierto o que se cumplirá lo que promete de modo que no quede ninguna duda.

verb: 1. Primera persona singular del presente de indicativo activo del verbo segurar.

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 seguro

  • segura feminine
  • seguros masculine plural
  • seguras feminine plural
  • segurísimo superlative

Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

English words that translate to seguro

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is seguro in Spanish?

seguro appears 245 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).

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