"A cozinha não é segura."

Translation: The kitchen is not safe.

[paddyobrien]

Não quando minha esposa está cozinhando, lol!

[PalookaSheffield]

Strange, the translation given for "segura" in this sentence is "hold". So non-native speakers would be confused as to what "The kitchen does not hold" could actually mean in Portuguese.

[Danmoller]

As an adjective "seguro/segura" means "safe".

As a verb, "ele segura (segurar)" means "he holds".

Notice the verb "é" in the sentence. The kitchen IS (adjective).

[whitebox]

How would I say "The kitchen is not insured."?

[Danmoller]

A cozinha não tem seguro.

[rmacheshire]

The dictionary gives one meaning of "seguro/a" as "safe". The translation on hover is for the verb "segurar", but here the adjective is used.

[TheChexMixer]

Does this mean "the kitchen is not locked", or maybe "the kitchen is not safe"? Or something else entirely?

[djeidot]

it means "the kitchen is not safe", as in "there might be a serial killer in there".

[Coayuco]

As a follow-up to TheChexMixer's question, how would you say "the kitchen is not secure", meaning that you can't prevent outsiders from going and stealing, for example?

[djeidot]

Exactly the same way. As far as I know there's no a distinction between "safe" and "secure" in Portuguese.

[Cely386728]

Refering to Coayuco's question (and your response), I feel that one could infer from the statement that the kitchen (not being secure) means that it is not locked, no?

[luchomein]

Does seguro also mean sure?

[djeidot]

It can, yes. For example, as in "I'm not sure we're in Kansas anymore" - "Eu não estou seguro/a de que ainda estejamos no Kansas"

[4oYBIxtO]

Could it mean "The cooking is not safe"?

[Paulenrique]

That would be something like "O cozinhar não é seguro".

[4oYBIxtO]

OK, thanks