siguro

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Tagalog[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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[edit]

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

Adverb[edit]

siguro (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜒᜄᜓᜇᜓ)

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

Related terms[edit]

Noun[edit]

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[edit]

References[edit]

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

Further reading[edit]

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