Jura in english
Jura
pronunciation: dʒʊrə part of speech: noun
pronunciation: dʒʊrə part of speech: noun
In gestures
jura = oath.
Example: Cold War loyalty oaths and investigations had a significant impact on an unknown number of US librarians between 1947 and 1957.more:
» jura de (la) bandera = pledge of allegiance ; flag pledge .
Example: The Pledge of Allegiance is a national symbol, and as such all Americans should be able to freely participate in reciting it. Example: Usually, blood oaths are a way to 'pledge allegiance' (not the flag pledge, I mean) to a god or group.jurar1 = swear to + Infinitivo ; swear + an oath ; take + an oath ; vow ; take + a vow ; swear.
Example: 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).Example: 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.Example: The library had a display of the Bible and the Koran for solicitors and others for purposes of taking oaths and swearing in.Example: The prosecutor vowed to fight what he considered an unjust law.Example: This means that you must take a vow and refuse to raise children in an atmosphere of violence, both physical and mental.Example: Dieters have long sworn that grapefruit helps them lose weight and now scientists are beginning to believe them.more:
» jurar lealtad = pledge + allegiance .
Example: Usually, blood oaths are a way to 'pledge allegiance' (not the flag pledge, I mean) to a god or group.» jurar por Dios = swear to + God .
Example: I swear to God I just want to slit my wrists and end this bullshit.» jurar un cargo = swear in .
Example: James Hadley Billington was sworn in as the Librarian of Congress on September 14, 1987.» jurar y perjurar = swear .
Example: Dieters have long sworn that grapefruit helps them lose weight and now scientists are beginning to believe them.» jurar y perjurar que = swear + blind that .
Example: But my Dad's my Dad, whatever he's done in the past, and he swears blind that he'll be keeping on the straight and narrow from now on.» te lo juro (por Dios) = honest to goodness/God .
Example: After George arrived, Mother said, 'Honest to God, it breaks my heart to see what happened to all the children'.jurar2 = swear ; eff ; eff and blind ; cuss.
Example: 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.Example: Then he started effing at me when I told him he was wasting my time.Example: When they started to eff and blind just for the sake of it, I felt they lost the plot a bit.Example: A person who cusses all the time loses credibility.more:
» jurar como un carretero = swear like + a trooper .
Example: I'm pretty sure I should have been born a boy -- I swear like a trooper, I eat like an animal, I burp shamelessly and I constantly make rude remarks.