seguramente

Old Galician-Portuguese

Etymology

From segura +‎ -mente.

Adverb

seguramente

1. certainly

   Synonym: certamente

Derived terms

• Portuguese: seguramente

Further reading

• Manuel Ferreiro (2014–2024) “seguramente”, in Universo Cantigas. Edición crítica da poesía medieval galego-portuguesa (in Galician), A Coruña: UDC, →ISSN

Portuguese

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese seguramente. By surface analysis, segura (“safe”) +‎ -mente.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /seˌɡu.ɾaˈmẽ.t͡ʃi/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /seˌɡu.ɾaˈmẽ.t͡ʃi/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /seˌɡu.ɾaˈmẽ.te/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /sɨˌɡu.ɾɐˈmẽ.tɨ/ [sɨˌɣu.ɾɐˈmẽ.tɨ]

• Hyphenation: se‧gu‧ra‧men‧te

Adverb

seguramente (comparable, comparative mais seguramente, superlative o mais seguramente)

1. safely, securely
2. certainly

   Synonym: certamente

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:seguramente.

Spanish

Etymology

From seguro +‎ -mente.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /seˌɡuɾaˈmente/ [seˌɣ̞u.ɾaˈmẽn̪.t̪e]

• Audio (Colombia):

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• Rhymes: -ente
• Syllabification: se‧gu‧ra‧men‧te

Adverb

seguramente

1. surely, certainly
2. probably

   Synonym: probablemente

Further reading

• “seguramente”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28