siguro

Ladino

Pronunciation

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Adjective

siguro (Hebrew spelling סיגורו)

1. Alternative form of seguro
   • 1982, Enrique Saporta y Beja, En torno de la torre blanca‎^[2], Editions Vidas Largas, page 289:

     Esto siguro ke en tu penseryo estaras kon mi, komo yo esto kon ti en mi mueva vida.

     I am sure that you shall be with me in your thoughts, as I am with you in my new life.

Adverb

siguro (Hebrew spelling סיגורו)

1. Alternative form of seguro
   • 1999, Eliezer Papo, La megila de Saray‎^[3], E. Papo, page 106:

     Siguro le vinieron algunos chuilis ke manyana parten i intonses tenia ke fazer fecho kon eyos agora.

     Surely some peasants that leave tomorrow came thereto, so [somebody] has to deal with them now.

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• seguro

Etymology

Borrowed from Philippine Spanish seguro (“probably; maybe”), originally shifted from Spanish seguro (“surely; certainly”), where Philippine Spanish instead uses segurado (“sure”, literally “assured”) for the same sense. Doublet of seguro.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /siˈɡuɾo/ [sɪˈɣuː.ɾo]
• Rhymes: -uɾo
• Syllabification: si‧gu‧ro

Adverb

siguro (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜒᜄᜓᜇᜓ)

1. maybe; perhaps; probably; possibly

   Synonyms: marahil, yata, baka, kaipala

Related terms

• segurado
• seguridad
• segurista
• seguro
• sigurado

Noun

siguro (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜒᜄᜓᜇᜓ)

1. certainty; assurance (especially in derived words)

   Synonyms: katiyakan, kasiguruhan

2. security; safety (especially in derived words)

   Synonym: kaligtasan

Derived terms

• isiguro
• kasiguruhan
• magsiguro
• makasiguro
• maniguro
• masiguro
• pagsiguro
• pagsisiguruhan
• paniguro
• pasiguro
• pasiguruhan
• siguruhan
• siguruhin
• sumiguro

Further reading

• “siguro”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2024
• “siguro”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

Venetan

Adjective

siguro (feminine singular sigura, masculine plural siguri, feminine plural sigure)

1. Alternative form of seguro