Portuguese

Noun

segurança f (plural seguranças)

1. security; safety (condition of not being threatened)
   • 2005, Lya Wyler (translator), J. K. Rowling (English author), Harry Potter e o Enigma do Príncipe (Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince), Rocco, page 127:

     A segurança está cem vezes mais rigorosa este verão.

     The security is a hundred times more severe this summer.

   Estas grades de ferro estão aqui para nossa segurança. - These iron bars are here for our safety.

2. (by extension) any object related to the safety of something or some place
3. certainity; trust

   Falou com segurança. - He spoke with certainity.

4. (rare) the act of holding or sustaining
5. (military) a set of devices designed to help on avoiding surprise attacks
6. (zoology) the pregnancy of quadrupedals

Noun

segurança m f (plural seguranças)

1. an armed agent hired to ensure security or protecting an individual, group or place; watch; guard

   Há muitos seguranças neste estabelecimento. - There are many armed agents on this building.