"A cozinha não é segura."
Translation:The kitchen is not safe.
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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.
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).
Does this mean "the kitchen is not locked", or maybe "the kitchen is not safe"? Or something else entirely?
it means "the kitchen is not safe", as in "there might be a serial killer in there".
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?
Exactly the same way. As far as I know there's no a distinction between "safe" and "secure" in Portuguese.
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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?
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.
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"
Does this imply that the kitchen is inherently unsafe, rather than simply unsafe at the moment because of a particular condition, such as spilled water, because it uses é instead of está? Would está be used for the temporary condition?
I typed: The kitchen is not save. But the correct answer should be: The kitchen is not save. Why this message?