Garantizar in Spanish: promises and guarantees

State what an agreement or service promises to ensure.

The idea

Garantizar means to guarantee something; garantizar que introduces what is guaranteed. A negative guarantee can be followed by the subjunctive.

El contrato garantiza el acceso al servicio durante un año.The contract guarantees access to the service for one year.
La biblioteca garantiza que los datos personales se tratan con confidencialidad.The library guarantees that personal data is handled confidentially.
No puedo garantizar que el tren llegue a tiempo.I cannot guarantee that the train will arrive on time.
La cooperativa garantizó un precio justo a las productoras.The cooperative guaranteed the producers a fair price.
Garantizamos una respuesta en dos días laborables.We guarantee a reply within two working days.
El seguro no garantiza la reparación de todos los daños.The insurance does not guarantee repairs for all damage.

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Do not write garantize: before e, z changes to c, as in garantice.

Choose the correct form: Yo ___ la entrega antes del viernes. (garantizo / garantiza)
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garantizo
Garantizo agrees with the first-person subject.
Choose the correct form: La oferta no garantiza que el precio ___ igual. (permanezca / permanece)
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permanezca
Permanezca follows the negative statement about what is guaranteed.
Choose the correct form: Ayer las empresas ___ el suministro. (garantizaron / garantizan)
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garantizaron
Garantizaron places the companies’ action in the past.

Write a sentence stating what a service guarantees.