"Asegurandose"

Question

What is this form of the verb? In "asegurar" conjugation is no such a form..

Answer 1

"Asegurarse (de)" is a pronominal verb that means "to make sure (that)", and that form you ask about is the gerund for the the third person singular:

asegurándome = making sure [me]

asegurándome = making sure [you]

asegurándose = making sure [he/she]

asegurándonos = making sure [us]

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The second one should be asegurándote - right? - pesta, May 23, 2011

Could I just ask, is the verb "Asegurarse (de)" followed by a subjunctive? Like "Estoy asegurándose de que hagan sus deberes" for example. - 0088b3fa, May 23, 2011

Answer 2

If you look at Reflexive Verbs in the Reference section of this site, you'll see this:

Reflexive verbs are made up of an infinitive and a reflexive pronoun. You can always tell which verbs are reflexive when you look them up in the infinitive form because they will have se attached to the end of the verb.

You have to take off the 'se' before conjugation tables and the like will make sense, then add it back again when you use the conjugated form.

What you've got here is the gerund (asegurando) with the se tacked on. Whip the se off and you'll soon see asegurando in the conjugation table.

"Asegurar" doesn't show up as reflexive though, on SD nor through Google searches. - Azabache, May 23, 2011

Not doubting you, but 6.7 million hits for segurarse on Google. - chorlito, May 23, 2011

Typo - 6.7m for asegurarse - chorlito, May 23, 2011

Answer 3

Asegurar isn't reflexive (as far as I know), so it should be Asegurando, ensuring/making sure. Google translate spits out "Making sure."

Asegurar = to make sure/ensure.

Answer 4

Believe so, but it's just from the book)