¿Tienes seguro?
In Spanish, "do you have insurance" is translated as ¿Tienes seguro?
This phrase is used to ask if someone possesses an insurance policy that provides financial coverage for losses or damages.
Which one should you use?
Using the indefinite article un in ¿Tienes un seguro? shifts the focus slightly toward whether the person possesses a specific policy or one particular type of insurance. To ask if someone has multiple types of insurance, you can use the plural form ¿Tienes seguros?
How does it change in a sentence?
When speaking to a stranger, a customer or someone to whom you want to show respect, use the formal ¿Tiene seguro? instead of ¿Tienes seguro?
Did you know?
- In many Spanish-speaking countries, the word seguro is used as an adverb meaning 'probably'. For example, Seguro que viene translates to 'He will probably come'.
- The term seguro can also refer to a physical safety device, such as the 'safety' catch on a firearm or a lock on a door.
- Because seguro comes from the Latin 'securus', meaning 'free from care', the word literally implies that having insurance makes you 'carefree'.
Examples in context
- ¿Tiene usted seguro de salud?Do you have health insurance?
- ¿Cuenta usted con seguro de vida?Do you have life insurance?
- ¿Tienes seguro de auto?Do you have car insurance?
- ¿Tienes algún seguro de hogar?Do you have any home insurance?
Sources
- Word origins: Wiktionary entries seguro, CC BY-SA 4.0.
