certain

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seguro

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certain
[ˈsɜːtən]
adjetivo
1seguro(a) (sure)
  • to be certain of something -> estar seguro(a) de algo
  • to make certain of something -> asegurarse de algo
  • for certain -> con certeza
  • he is certain to come -> vendrá con toda seguridad
2cierto(a), determinado(a) (particular)
  • for certain reasons -> por ciertos motivos
  • a certain person -> cierta persona
  • a certain Richard Sanders -> un tal Richard Sanders

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certain [ser-tein]
adjetivo
1Cierto, claro, evidente, manifiesto, indudable, incontestable, lo que no admite duda.
  • They were heading for certain death -> iban a una muerte segura
  • She made certain of a good seat by arriving early -> llegó temprano para asegurarse una buena localidad
  • It’s not certain (that) they’ll approve of the idea -> no es seguro que aprueben la idea
  • It’s certain to rain -> seguro que llueve
  • For certain -> con certeza
  • I can’t say for certain -> no lo puedo decir a ciencia cierta
2Cierto, alguno, un tal.
  • A certain Jill Brown -> una tal Jill Brown
3Cierto, determinado, fijo.
  • It’s only open certain days, está -> abierto solamente ciertos días
  • He has a certain something -> tiene un no sé qué o un algo especial
  • A certain person refused to go -> cierta persona se negó a ir, alguien que yo conozco se negó a ir
4Cierto, seguro.
  • To be certain for something -> estar seguro de algo (convinced)
  • I feel certain that it was a mistake -> tengo la seguridad o la certeza de que fue un error
  • I checked the list to make certain (that) ->
Seguro (definite).., revisé la lista para asegurarme de que...
pronombre
  • Certain of his colleagues/her works -> ciertos colegas suyos/ciertas obras suyas

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certain [ˈsɜːtən]
adjective
1 (convinced)
to be certain [+person] estar seguro; I'm certain he's hiding something estoy seguro de que está ocultando algo
to be certain about sthabout estar seguro de algo
to feel certainfeel estar seguro
to be certain of sthof estar seguro de algo
I am certain of it estoy seguro de ello
you don't sound very certainsound no pareces estar muy seguro
he felt certain that she would disapprove the older I get the less certain I feel about the future
2 (sure)
for certainfor
I can't say for certain no puedo decirlo con seguridad a ciencia cierta;or we don't know for certain what caused the accident no sabemos con seguridad a ciencia cierta lo que causó el accidente;or he's up to something, that's for certain trama algo, de eso no hay duda eso es seguro;or
to make certain of sthmake asegurarse de algo
you should make certain of your facts debes asegurarte de que los datos son ciertos; to make certain that asegurarse de que; I wanted to make absolutely certain that this was the right number quería asegurarme del todo de que este número era el correcto; I made certain that he kept his promise me aseguré de que cumpliese su promesa
3 (definite, guaranteed) [+defeat, death, winner] seguro; [+cure] definitivo; [+fact] cierto; seguro
one thing is certain ... una cosa es segura ...; it is certain that ... es seguro que ...
it's almost certain that her husband is deadalmost es casi seguro que se tiene la casi completa seguridad de que su marido está muerto;or
the hospital is facing almost certain closure el hospital se enfrenta al cierre casi inevitable
it is far from certain that they can win this electionfar no es ni mucho menos seguro no está nada claro que puedan ganar estas elecciones;or
he has been there four times to my certain knowledgeknowledge me consta que sé con certeza que ha estado allí cuatro veces;or
in the certain knowledge that ... con la seguridad certeza de que ...;or
nothing's certain in this worldnothing's no hay nada seguro en este mundo
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be certain to tell her no dejes olvides de decírselo;or he is certain to be there (es) seguro que estará allí; there's certain to be an argument con seguridad se producirá una discusión; (less formal) seguro que habrá una discusión; there's certain to be strong opposition to these proposals está garantizado que estas propuestas se enfrentarán a una fuerte oposición; the plans are almost certain to go ahead los planes se llevarán a cabo casi con toda seguridad
it is certain that this this decision would lose him many votes It now seems certain that the President will agree to sign the treaty It is almost certain that he will be elected It's not certain they'll accept the offer It remains far from certain that the scandal is over it is certain that he lived there for 2 years to my certain knowledge he married at least twice He's assassinated eighteen terrorists to my certain knowledge They decided not to support the proposal, in the certain knowledge that they will be outvoted Bush was able to make his announcement in the almost certain knowledge that the opposition does not have enough support to block the move in Congress he took the money inb the certain knowledge that nobody would discover it was missing for several days
5 (particular) cierto
on a certain day in May cierto día de mayo
a certain gentleman called
a certain Mr/Mrs Smith un tal Señor/una tal Señora Smith
of a certain ageage de cierta edad
in certain circumstancescircumstances en ciertas determinadas circunstancias;or
a certain number of people/yearsnumber un cierto número de personas/años
a certain person told me that ...person cierta persona me dijo que ...
she has a certain somethingsomething tiene algo un no sé qué;or
at certain times of the day/month/yeartimes en ciertos momentos del día/ciertos días del mes/ciertas épocas del año
6 (slight) [+impatience, bitterness, courage] cierto
there's a certain amount of confusion about the arrangementsamount existe una cierta confusión un cierto grado de confusión sobre los preparativos;or
to a certain degree extentdegreeorextent hasta cierto punto
there is a certain amount of jealousy/rivalry among the children
pronoun
(formal) ciertosasciertas;as ciertas (m) (f) algunosasalgunas;as algunas (m) (f)
certain of our leaders ciertos líderes nuestros; algunos de nuestros líderes
we noted certain of the points raised for further discussion at a later date certain of the instructions are misleading certain of his earlier etchings have survived

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