Meanings (ES + gloss)
cierto • seguro
Physically secure and certain, non-failing, reliable.
The bailiff had a sure grip on the prisoner's arm.
This investment is a sure thing.
seguro • tener claro
Certain in one's knowledge or belief.
The Celebrity, by arts unknown, induced Mrs. Judge Short and two other ladies to call at Mohair on a certain afternoon when Mr. Cooke was trying a trotter on the track. The three r…
The very excess of the extravagance, in fact, by suggesting to the reader continually the mere aeriality of the entire speculation, furnishes the surest means of disenchanting him…
Phrases
I'm sureas sure as eggs are eggsas sure as eggs is eggscock-suredamn surefor suremake sureself-sureslow but sure wins the racesure as a gunsure as deathsure as death and taxessure as eggssure as eggs are eggssure as eggs is eggssure as fatesure as hellsure as shitsure as shootingsure as sugarsure as taxessure as the sun is going to come up tomorrowsure as the sun is going to come up tomorrow morningsure as the sun is going to rise tomorrowsure as the sun is going to rise tomorrow morningsure as the worldsure betsure enoughsure hand at the tillersure hand on the tillersure of oneselfsure thingsure upsure-enoughsure-firesure-footedsure-footednesssure-handedsure-handedlysure-handedness