Intermediate

Jurar

Definition

(verb) To promise firmly, sometimes invoking something sacred

“Te juro que no sabía nada sobre ese problema.”

I swear to you that I didn't know anything about that problem.

“Lo juro, no fui yo.”
I swear, it wasn't me.
“María juró llegar a las ocho y apareció a las nueve.”
María swore she'd get there at eight, and showed up at nine.
“Mi abuelo juraba que esa fuente en Cádiz curaba el cansancio.”
My grandfather used to swear that that fountain in Cádiz cured tiredness.
“¿Me juras que ya llamaste a Lucía?”
Do you swear you already called Lucía?

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