The English Word of the Day/La palabra en inglés del día: Sure (seguro, cierto, firme)

Question

En este momento no tenemos un corrector oficial para el español.

Por favor, póngase en contacto con Annie (Rac1) si le gustaría ser un voluntario.

Como tenemos muchos nativos ingleses, por favor siéntase libre para ayudarse mutuamente.

Las directrices:

Una frase debe tener al menos 4 palabras.

Limite tus respuestas a 4 frases o menos.

No copie directamente tu respuesta del traductor.

No utilice letras de canciones o frases que no son fácilmente traducidos al inglés.

No copie y pegue de un libro o de otra fuente directamente.

Utilice tus propias palabras, por favor.

A un miembro se le permite una respuesta.

Incluya el inglés, así como el español, en tu respuesta.

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In English:

The English word of the day is Sure (seguro, cierto, firme)

At this time we do not have an official corrector in Spanish.

Please contact Annie (Rac1) if you would like to be a volunteer.

As we have many English native speakers please feel free to help one another.

Guidelines:

A sentence must have at least 4 words.

Limit your answer to 4 sentences or less.

Do not copy your answer directly from the translator.

Do not use song lyrics or phrases that are not easily translated to English.

Do not directly copy and paste from a book or other source.

Use your own words, please.

A member is allowed one answer.

Include the English, as well as the Spanish, in your answer.

Examples::

We admired her sure touch at the keyboard.

Nos asombró su seguridad en el manejo del teclado.

Be sure to give your family my regards.

No te olvides de saludar a tu familia de mi parte.

This was the previous challenge.

Answer 1

I know that passing the job interview is a sure thing, so I'm not concerned.

Yo sé que pasar la entrevista de trabajo es algo obvio, entonces no estoy preocupada.

Jejejej. - katydew, Nov 9, 2013

Which shows that there is a fine line between confidence arrogance and stupidity. - ray76, Nov 9, 2013

:) - ian-hill, Nov 9, 2013

Answer 2

Tener una enfermedad ,es difícil, pero sintiendo cierta que su tratamiento es correcto

es aún más difícil.

Having an illness is difficult, but feeling sure that your treatment is correct,

is even more difficult.

Chat tomorrow? :) - ian-hill, Nov 9, 2013

OK mate , difficult at the moment , friggin Doctors ! - ray76, Nov 9, 2013

:( Feel better! - AlyssaLTerry, Nov 9, 2013

Once the decision is made it becomes much easier , especially when one is in control of ones own treatment. With a little help from higher up. - ray76, Nov 9, 2013

Answer 3

Sure, that will be great!

¡Seguro que sí! ¡Estará fenómenal!

The modern equivalent of " Bread and Circuses". Good one mate. - ray76, Nov 9, 2013

:) - ian-hill, Nov 9, 2013

Answer 4

¿Qué harías si estuvieras seguro que no podías fallar?

What would you do if you were sure you couldn´t fail?

Flap my arms and fly :) - ian-hill, Nov 9, 2013

Which superpower would you want: flying or invisibility? - mstivers, Nov 9, 2013

Answer 5

My friend assured me that the investment was a sure thing, but I lost my shirt.

Mi amigo me aseguró que la inversión fue una cosa cierto, pero perdió mi camisa.

:) - ian-hill, Nov 9, 2013

What are friends for?! ;o) - katydew, Nov 10, 2013

Answer 6

Si bien es cierto que soy lindo, puedes estar seguro de que soy un travieso jovencito, también!

While it is true that I am cute, you can be sure that I'm a mischievous little guy, too!

typo: ..."be sure"... :) - rac1, Nov 9, 2013

:) - ian-hill, Nov 10, 2013

Gracias, Annie y Ian! - bandit51jd, Nov 10, 2013

Answer 7

Are you sure that those are real diamonds?

¿Estás seguro que estos son diamantes verdaderos?

:) - ian-hill, Nov 9, 2013