El jugador està segur.

The player is sure.

Breakdown of El jugador està segur.

• estar: to be
• el jugador: the player in a game
• segur: sure or certain

Questions & Answers about El jugador està segur.

Why is el used at the beginning?

El is the masculine singular definite article, so it means the.

• el jugador = the player
• It matches the gender and number of jugador: masculine, singular.

If the noun were feminine, it would be la instead:

• la jugadora = the female player

Is jugador masculine? What would the feminine form be?

Yes. Jugador is the masculine singular form.

The feminine singular is jugadora.

Here is the full agreement pattern:

• el jugador = the male player
• la jugadora = the female player
• els jugadors = the male players / the players (mixed group)
• les jugadores = the female players

So in El jugador està segur, both jugador and segur are masculine singular.

Why is it està and not és?