inseguro
Portuguese, adjective/ĩ.seˈɡu.ɾu/
inseguro is a Portuguese adjective meaning “unsafe; dangerous” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “não seguro”.
What does inseguro mean in English?
adjective
- 1
unsafe; dangerous
- 2
unsure; uncertain (not sure that something is true)
- 3
insecure (not comfortable in certain situations)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. não seguro
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of inseguro
- insegura feminine
- inseguros masculine plural
- inseguras feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce inseguro?
- Brazil /ĩ.seˈɡu.ɾu/
- Portugal /ĩ.sɨˈɡu.ɾu/
- Portugal [ĩ.sɨˈɣu.ɾu]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to inseguro
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is inseguro in Portuguese?
inseguro appears 2.8 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).