Polyglot Dictionary

play it safe

/pleɪ ɪt seɪf/

noun B1
N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Common Domain General Tone Neutral

Meaning

  1. ir a lo seguro

    • He decided to play it safe.

      Decidió ir a lo seguro.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

insurance

In Spanish, "seguro" means both "safe, sure" (as in play it safe) and insurance, a financial product for risk protection — two unrelated English concepts for one Spanish word.

Práctica

1 ¿Qué significa play it safe?

2 Completa el espacio en blanco: He decided to ___ it safe.

3 ¿Qué gráfico de características corresponde a play it safe?

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