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sure1 /ʃʊr / ||/ʃʊə(r)/ , /ʃɔ:(r)/ adjetivo surer, surest

(convinced) (pred) seguro;
to be ~ ABOUT sth estar^(conj.⇒) seguro de algo;
I'm not ~ I agree with you no sé si estoy de acuerdo contigo;
I'm not ~ who/why/what … no sé muy bien quién/por qué/qué …;
to be ~ OF sth/sb estar^(conj.⇒) seguro de algo/algn;
I want to be ~ of getting there on time quiero asegurarme de que voy a llegar a tiempo;
to be ~ of oneself (convinced one is right) estar^(conj.⇒) seguro;
(self-confident) ser^(conj.⇒) seguro de sí mismo

(certain): one thing is ~: he's lying lo que está claro or lo que es seguro es que está mintiendo;
it's ~ to rain seguro que llueve;
to make ~ of sth asegurarse de algo;
make ~ (that) you're not late no vayas a llegar tarde

(accurate, reliable) ‹remedy/method› seguro;
‹judgment/aim› certero;
‹indication› claro;
‹ground› seguro

(in phrases) for sure: we don't know anything for ~ no sabemos nada seguro or con seguridad;
we'll win for ~ seguro que ganamos;
to be sure (admittedly) (indep) por cierto

sure2 adverbio

(colloq) (as intensifier): she ~ is clever, she's ~ clever ¡qué lista es!, ¡si será lista!;
do you like it? — I ~ do! ¿te gusta? — ¡ya lo creo!

(of course) por supuesto, claro

sure enough efectivamente, en efecto

sure: surefire~fire adjetivo (before n) ‹method› segurísimo, infalible;
surefooted~footed /'ʃʊr'fʊtəd / || /ˌʃʊə'fʊtɪd/ , /ˌʃɔ:'fʊtɪd/ adjetivo ‹goat/cat› de pie firme

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sure [ʃʊəʳ]

I	adjetivo 1 (antes del sustantivo) seguro,-a [about/of, de] [that, de que] 2 (predicativo) seguro, seguramente: it's sure to rain, seguro que lloverá 3 to be sure of oneself, estar seguro,-a de uno mismo to be sure of sb, tener confianza en alguien 4 be sure to ring me, no olvides llamarme to make sure, asegurarse [of, de]
II	adverbio 1 US (uso enfático) that vodka sure is strong, ese vodka sí que es fuerte 2 sí: can I sit here?, - sure!, ¿puedo sentarme aquí?, - sí, ¡cómo no! 3 (como conjunción) sure enough, efectivamente

Compound Forms:
for sure	adv	(certainly, definitely)	con certeza loc adv
Do you know that for sure, or are you guessing?
			seguro, con seguridad loc adv
made sure			asegurado
make sure			asegurar v
sure as hell		(it sure as hell)	¡segurísimo!
sure enough			efectivamente, en efecto
sure sign		(it's a sure sign that)	señal inconfundible nf
sure thing			cosa segura nf
sure-fire	adj		con el éxito asegurado
sure-fire	adj		de éxito seguro
sure-fire	adj		también surefire
sure-footed	adj	figurado	que conoce el terreno que pisa
sure-footed	adj		de pie firme
sure-footed	adj		firme
sure-footed	adj		también surefooted
that's for sure			cierto adv
that's for sure			eso es seguro adv

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English:

agenda - back up - board - boost - clean - define - enough - fact - flimsy - leave on - make - overcome - put over - quite - sequence - some - confident - fairly - positive - see - too - wishful thinking

Spanish:

absolutamente - asegurarse - certeza - certidumbre - ciencia - cierta - cierto - clara - claro - convencer - cuidar - encargarse - esperar - fija - fijo - hombre - honorabilidad - impepinable - liquidez - ocho - segura - seguro - sí - tener - tres - asegurar - caer - constar - dejar - descontado - dicho - duda - faltar - fresco - ir - lengua - lo - mirar - ojalá - preocupar - que - seguridad - tratar - valer - ver - ya

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