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BRAZILIAN PORTUGUESE VERB

jurar

to swear

  • #361 most used
  • Regular -ar verb
  • Gerund: jurando
  • Past participle: jurado

Conjugation

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Present

Presente · now, habits and facts

  1. eu I swear
  2. você, ele, ela, a gente you swear
  3. nós we swear
  4. vocês, eles, elas you all swear

Past

Pretérito Perfeito · finished actions

  1. eu I swore
  2. você, ele, ela, a gente you swore
  3. nós we swore
  4. vocês, eles, elas you all swore

Future

Futuro com ir · plans: “going to”

  1. eu I am going to swear
  2. você, ele, ela, a gente you are going to swear
  3. nós we are going to swear
  4. vocês, eles, elas you all are going to swear

Imperfect

Pretérito Imperfeito · “used to” and “was …ing”

  1. eu I used to swear
  2. você, ele, ela, a gente you used to swear
  3. nós we used to swear
  4. vocês, eles, elas you all used to swear

Conditional

Futuro do Pretérito · “would”

  1. eu I would swear
  2. você, ele, ela, a gente you would swear
  3. nós we would swear
  4. vocês, eles, elas you all would swear

Present subjunctive

Presente do Subjuntivo · wishes, doubts, “que …”

  1. eu (that) I swear
  2. você, ele, ela, a gente (that) you swear
  3. nós (that) we swear
  4. vocês, eles, elas (that) you all swear

Past subjunctive

Imperfeito do Subjuntivo · “if I were”, “se …”

  1. eu (if) I swore
  2. você, ele, ela, a gente (if) you swore
  3. nós (if) we swore
  4. vocês, eles, elas (if) you all swore

Future subjunctive

Futuro do Subjuntivo · “when” and “if” about the future

  1. eu (when) I swear
  2. você, ele, ela, a gente (when) you swear
  3. nós (when) we swear
  4. vocês, eles, elas (when) you all swear

Imperative

Imperativo · requests and orders

  1. você swear!
  2. vocês swear! (all of you)

How to use jurar

One sentence for each tense, the way people say it.

  1. Present

    Eu juro que não fui eu.

    I swear it wasn't me.

  2. Past

    Ele jurou que nunca mais ia beber.

    He swore he would never drink again.

  3. Future

    Você vai jurar na frente de todo mundo?

    Are you going to swear in front of everyone?

  4. Imperfect

    Ela jurava que tinha visto um fantasma.

    She swore she had seen a ghost.

  5. Conditional

    Eu juraria que deixei a chave aqui.

    I could swear I left the key here.

  6. Present subjunctive

    Quero que você jure que vai guardar segredo.

    I want you to swear you'll keep the secret.

  7. Past subjunctive

    Mesmo que ele jurasse, eu não acreditaria.

    Even if he swore, I wouldn't believe him.

  8. Future subjunctive

    Se você jurar, eu conto o resto.

    If you swear, I'll tell you the rest.

  9. Imperative

    Jure que não conta para ninguém!

    Swear you won't tell anyone!

Good to know

  • "Juro!" and "Jura?" are everyday: "I swear!" and "Really?".

Where you hear jurar

The lessons that teach a form of it, and how they say it.

Brazilian Portuguese · Intermediate Level 1

  • Eu juro que eu não sei. I swear I don't know.
  • Ela jurou que não ia contar. She swore she wasn't going to tell.
  • Ele vai jurar que é verdade. He's going to swear it's true.
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