segurar
Portuguese, verb/si.ɡuˈɾa(ʁ)/
segurar is spelled S-E-G-U-R-A-R (7 letters) and appears 20 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 4,212th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Segurar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to hold; to grasp” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “ter algo nas mãos ou entre as mãos”.
What does segurar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to hold; to grasp
- 2
to make safe
- 3
to hold back (act with reserve; contain one’s full measure or power)
- 4
to hold back; to contain; to stop
- 5
to insure (provide for compensation if some specified risk occurs)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. ter algo nas mãos ou entre as mãos 2. ter algo em parte do corpo, ou entre partes do corpo, ou entre partes de um instrumento 3. impedir que algo se mova, corra, escape 4. colocar (mercadoria) de lado; reservar, reter
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 segurar
- seguro first-person present singular
- segurei first-person preterite singular
- segurado participle past
- segurares infinitive second-person singular
- segurarmos first-person infinitive plural
- segurardes infinitive plural second-person
- segurarem infinitive plural third-person
- segurando gerund
- segurados masculine participle past
- segurada feminine participle past
- seguradas feminine participle past
- seguras indicative present second-person
- segura indicative present singular
- seguramos first-person indicative plural
- segurais indicative plural present
- seguram indicative plural present
- segurava first-person imperfect indicative
- seguravas imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce segurar?
- Brazil /si.ɡuˈɾa(ʁ)/
- Brazil [si.ɡuˈɾa(h)]
- Brazil /se.ɡuˈɾa(ʁ)/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to segurar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is segurar in Portuguese?
segurar appears 20 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).