siguro

Tagalog

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Philippine Spanish seguro (“probably; maybe”), originally shifted from Standard Spanish seguro (“surely”), where Philippine Spanish instead uses segurado (“sure”, literally “assured”) for the same sense.[1] Doublet of seguro.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /siˈɡuɾo/, [sɪˈɣu.ɾo]
  • Hyphenation: si‧gu‧ro

Adverb

siguro (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜒᜄᜓᜇᜓ)

  1. maybe; perhaps
    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
  • isiguro
  • kasiguruhan
  • magsiguro
  • makasiguro
  • maniguro
  • masiguro
  • pagsiguro
  • pagsisiguruhan
  • paniguro
  • pasiguro
  • pasiguruhan
  • siguruhan
  • siguruhin
  • sumiguro

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

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