jura

jura

1. inflection of jurar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

• IPA^(key): [ˈjura]

jura f

1. (geology) Jurassic

• “jura”, in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu (in Czech)
• “jura”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989

Borrowed from Latin iūra, nominative plural of iūs (“law, right”).

• IPA^(key): /juːra/, [ˈjuːɑ]

jura c (singular definite juraen, not used in plural form)

1. law (the practice and profession of law)

   Hun læser jura.

   She studies law.

• IPA^(key): /ʒy.ʁa/

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jura

1. third-person singular past historic of jurer

jura f (plural juras, reintegrationist norm)

1. reintegrationist spelling of xura

• “jura” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).

From Portuguese jurar.

jura

1. swear, promise

• Gonçalves, Manuel (2015) Capeverdean Creole-English dictionary, →ISBN

jūra

1. nominative/accusative/vocative plural of jūs

• “jura”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
• “jura”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

jura f (4th declension)

1. Jurassic

jura n

1. definite plural of jur

From Jura.

• IPA^(key): /ˈju.ra/

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• Rhymes: -ura
• Syllabification: ju‧ra
• Homophone: Jura

jura f

1. (geology, paleontology) Jurassic (period)

• jura in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• jura in Polish dictionaries at PWN

• Rhymes: -uɾɐ
• Hyphenation: ju‧ra

jura f (plural juras)

1. an oath

   Synonym: juramento

jura

1. inflection of jurar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

jura

1. really? (sarcastically indicating that something was obvious)

• “jura” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
• “jura”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2024
• “jura”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024

Inherited from Latin iūrāre.

• IPA^(key): /ʒuˈra/

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• Rhymes: -a
• Hyphenation: ju‧ra

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a jura (third-person singular present jură, past participle jurat) 1st conj.

1. (transitive) to swear; to vow

   Synonyms: făgădui, se jurui, sufleți

2. (reflexive) to swear up and down

• jurare
• jur

• înjura
• jurământ
• jurător

• jura in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)

• IPA^(key): /ˈxuɾa/ [ˈxu.ɾa]
• Rhymes: -uɾa
• Syllabification: ju‧ra

Deverbal from jurar (“to swear”).

jura f (uncountable)

1. oath, swearing
2. (dated, slang, El Salvador) the police institution, especially the military police before the 1992 Peace Accords

   Synonym: (El Salvador, Northern Mexico) chota

jura

1. inflection of jurar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

• “jura”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28