jurar-swear: meaning, definitions and translations

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What is jurar? jurar is swear

What is swear?

  • tr. Afirmar o negar una cosa, o prometerla, rotundamente poniendo por testigo a Dios, a algo o a alguien querido: le juró por sus muertos que no lo sabía.

    Tr. Affirming or denying one thing, or promising it, by witnessing God, something, or someone loved: he swore to him for his dead that he did not know it.

  • Reconocer solemnemente la soberanía de quien la ejerce: jurar al Rey.

    Solemnly recognize the sovereignty of the one who exercises it: swear to the King.

  • Someterse solemnemente a los preceptos constitucionales de un país, a estatutos, cargos, etc.: jurar la Constitución.

    Solemnly submit to the constitutional precepts of a country, statutes, positions, etc.: swear the Constitution.

  • intr. Blasfemar, maldecir: no jures en vano.

    Intr. Blaspheming, cursing: do not swear in vain.

  • jurar en falso loc. Asegurar con juramento lo que se sabe que no es verdad.

    swear false loc. To swear in what is known not to be true.

  • jurársela o jurárselas a alguien, o tenérselas juradas loc. col. Prometer cobrarse venganza: me la tiene jurada desde que le insulté.

    swear it or swear it to someone, or have them sworn loc. col. Promise to exact revenge: he has sworn it to me since I insulted him.

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