Jurar

jurar

jurar

v. pledge, swear, vow

= swear, swear to + Infinitivo, swear + oath, take + oath, vow.
Ex: He began swearing and saying 'I don't know what you're on about, whatever we do, it's wrong!' and of course I answered his nastiness back.
Ex: Some authors, of course, object to their work being subjected to compulsory dissection for exams in the traditional deadly manner and like Bernard Shaw, they swear to haunt anyone who so mistreats them (Shaw's ghost must be busy these days).
Ex: Sometimes users ask for documents that are difficult to find such as a photograph of an ostrich with its head in the sand, or the Hippocratic oath that all doctors have to swear, or something about yetis.
Ex: The library had a display of the Bible and the Koran for solicitors and others for purposes of taking oaths and swearing in.
Ex: The prosecutor vowed to fight what he considered an unjust law.
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* jurar un cargo = swear in.

schwören;fluchen