siguro

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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, 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, 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 has to deal with them now.

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 siguro”, in Trezoro de la Lengua Djudeoespanyola (in Ladino, Hebrew, and English), Instituto Maale Adumim

Tagalog

Alternative forms

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

Adverb

siguro (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜒᜄᜓᜇᜓ)

  1. maybe; perhaps; probably; possibly
    Synonyms: marahil, yata, baka, kaipala

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

References

  1. ^ Lipski, John M. (1987 June) “Contemporary Philippine Spanish: Comments on Vestigial Usage”, in Philippine Journal of Linguistics, volume 18, number 1, page 45

Further reading

Venetan

Adjective

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

  1. alternative form of seguro