asegurar

Spanish

verb
Definitions
  • (transitive) to secure to make fast, to close or confine effectually
  • (transitive) to assure to give (someone) confidence in the trustworthiness of
  • to claim, to maintain
  • (transitive) to ensure, to guarantee to make a pledge to someone
  • (reflexive) to make sure, to ensure to take care that something happens
  • (transitive) to insure to provide for compensation if some specified risk occurs

Etymology

Inherited from Latin *assecūrō, *assecuro, *assecūrāre, ad- (to, towards, at, near, toward, upon, prefix meaning to, up to, against).

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ad-

Gloss

to, towards, at, near, toward, upon, prefix meaning to, up to, against

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