Osiguralo

Osiguralo is a verb form used in Croatian, Bosnian, Serbian, and Montenegrin. It is the neuter singular past tense of the verb osigurati, meaning to insure, guarantee, or provide security. In standard usage, osiguralo translates roughly as “it insured” or “it guaranteed,” and it appears with neuter subjects such as the pronoun to or the neuter noun it modifies.

Grammatical notes indicate that osigurati is a perfective verb, and the past tense forms reflect gender and number. The neuter form osiguralo corresponds to a neuter subject, while masculine and feminine past forms are osigurao and osigurala, respectively. This morphological distinction is typical of South Slavic languages and helps indicate what exactly provided the guarantee or insurance.

Usage in sentences is common in formal writing, reports, and news to describe outcomes that have produced protection, safety, or certainty. For example, a sentence like “To je osiguralo sigurnost građana” conveys that the action in question has guaranteed the safety of citizens. Another example is “Novo rješenje osiguralo je sigurnost,” where a neuter noun (novo rješenje) serves as the subject.

Osiguralo is not a proper noun and is not capitalized unless it begins a sentence. It is primarily a grammatical form used to report completed actions of guaranteeing or insuring, rather than a distinct concept or entity. Related terms include osigurati (to insure/guarantee) and osiguranje (insurance or securing).