certainty

UK: /ˈsɜː.tən.ti/ US: /ˈsɝː-/

Translation

n [u]

›

⇨ seguridad

⇨ certeza

n [c]

›

⇨ hecho

The war is already a certainty

La guerra ya es un hecho

⇨ realidad

■ El plural es certainties

›He felt there were no more certainties in his life

Sentía que en su vida ya no había nada seguro

■ El plural es certainties

(Definition of certainty nn from the Diccionario Cambridge Compact English-Spanish © Cambridge University Press and Ediciones SM 2011)

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