Significado de swear en inglés
swearswear /sweə $ swer/ verb (past tense swore /swɔː $ swɔːr/, past participle sworn /swɔːn $ swɔːrn/) 
Ver todas las traducciones1offensive language [intransitive] to use rude and offensive languageusar lenguaje grosero u ofensivo: 
Don’t swear in front of the children.No digas palabrotas delante de los niños.swear at He turned round and swore at me.Se dio la vuelta y me insultó con palabrotas.2promise [transitive] to promise that you will do somethingprometer (con juramento) que hará algoswear (that) Victor swore he would get his revenge.Víctor juró que se vengaría.swear to do something Mona swore never to return home.Mona juró no volver nunca a casa. Do you swear on your honour (=promise very strongly) that you will never tell anyone?¿Juras por tu honor (=prometes con mucha firmeza) que nunca se lo dirás a nadie?► see thesaurus at promise3state the truth [intransitive, transitive] informalinformal to say very strongly that what you are saying is trueafirmar con vehemencia que lo que se dice es verdad: I never touched your purse, I swear!¡Nunca toqué tu bolso, lo juro!swear (that) He says he was there all the time, but I swear I never saw him.Él dice que estuvo allí todo el tiempo, pero yo juro que nunca lo vi.swear blind British English (=say very strongly)(=afirmar con vehemencia) She swore blind that she had never seen him before.Ella juró y perjuró que nunca lo había visto antes. I never touched her, I swear to God.Nunca la toqué, lo juro por Dios. I think it was about ten o'clock when we left, but I couldn’t swear to it (=I am not certain).Creo que eran alrededor de las diez cuando nos fuimos, pero no podría jurarlo (=no estoy seguro).4somebody could have sworn (that) ... used to say that someone was sure about something but now they think they were wrongse usa para decir que alguien estaba seguro de algo, pero ahora cree que se equivocó: I could have sworn I had my keys.Hubiera jurado que tenía mis llaves.5public promise [intransitive, transitive] to make a public official promise, especially in a court of lawhacer un juramento oficial en público, especialmente en un tribunalswear on Witnesses have to swear on the Bible.Los testigos tienen que jurar sobre la Biblia. Remember that you have sworn an oath and so must tell the truth.Recuerda que has prestado juramento y, por tanto, debes decir la verdad. Presidents must swear allegiance to the US constitution.Los presidentes deben jurar lealtad a la Constitución de EE. UU.6swear somebody to secrecy/silence to make someone promise not to tell anyone what you have told themhacer que alguien jure no contarle a nadie lo que se le ha dicho—swearing noun [uncountable]: He was cautioned for swearing.Fue amonestado por decir palabrotas. lots of shouting and swearingmuchos gritos y palabrotasswear by something phrasal verb informalinformal to have great confidence in how good or effective something istener plena confianza en la calidad o eficacia de algo: He swears by vitamin C pills.Él confía plenamente en las pastillas de vitamina C.swear somebody ↔ in phrasal verb if someone with a new public job or position is sworn in, they make an official promise to do their duty wellcuando alguien que asume un nuevo cargo público es sworn in, hace una promesa oficial de desempeñar bien sus funciones: The new governor will be sworn in next week.El nuevo gobernador prestará juramento la próxima semana. The jury have not yet been sworn in.El jurado todavía no ha prestado juramento.GRAMMAR Swear in is usually passive.
Ver todas las traducciones1offensive language [intransitive] to use rude and offensive languageusar lenguaje grosero u ofensivo: Don’t swear in front of the children.No digas palabrotas delante de los niños.swear at He turned round and swore at me.Se dio la vuelta y me insultó con palabrotas.2promise [transitive] to promise that you will do somethingprometer (con juramento) que hará algoswear (that) Victor swore he would get his revenge.Víctor juró que se vengaría.swear to do something Mona swore never to return home.Mona juró no volver nunca a casa. Do you swear on your honour (=promise very strongly) that you will never tell anyone?¿Juras por tu honor (=prometes con mucha firmeza) que nunca se lo dirás a nadie?► see thesaurus at promise3state the truth [intransitive, transitive] informalinformal to say very strongly that what you are saying is trueafirmar con vehemencia que lo que se dice es verdad: I never touched your purse, I swear!¡Nunca toqué tu bolso, lo juro!swear (that) He says he was there all the time, but I swear I never saw him.Él dice que estuvo allí todo el tiempo, pero yo juro que nunca lo vi.swear blind British English (=say very strongly)(=afirmar con vehemencia) She swore blind that she had never seen him before.Ella juró y perjuró que nunca lo había visto antes. I never touched her, I swear to God.Nunca la toqué, lo juro por Dios. I think it was about ten o'clock when we left, but I couldn’t swear to it (=I am not certain).Creo que eran alrededor de las diez cuando nos fuimos, pero no podría jurarlo (=no estoy seguro).4somebody could have sworn (that) ... used to say that someone was sure about something but now they think they were wrongse usa para decir que alguien estaba seguro de algo, pero ahora cree que se equivocó: I could have sworn I had my keys.Hubiera jurado que tenía mis llaves.5public promise [intransitive, transitive] to make a public official promise, especially in a court of lawhacer un juramento oficial en público, especialmente en un tribunalswear on Witnesses have to swear on the Bible.Los testigos tienen que jurar sobre la Biblia. Remember that you have sworn an oath and so must tell the truth.Recuerda que has prestado juramento y, por tanto, debes decir la verdad. Presidents must swear allegiance to the US constitution.Los presidentes deben jurar lealtad a la Constitución de EE. UU.6swear somebody to secrecy/silence to make someone promise not to tell anyone what you have told themhacer que alguien jure no contarle a nadie lo que se le ha dicho—swearing noun [uncountable]: He was cautioned for swearing.Fue amonestado por decir palabrotas. lots of shouting and swearingmuchos gritos y palabrotasswear by something phrasal verb informalinformal to have great confidence in how good or effective something istener plena confianza en la calidad o eficacia de algo: He swears by vitamin C pills.Él confía plenamente en las pastillas de vitamina C.swear somebody ↔ in phrasal verb if someone with a new public job or position is sworn in, they make an official promise to do their duty wellcuando alguien que asume un nuevo cargo público es sworn in, hace una promesa oficial de desempeñar bien sus funciones: The new governor will be sworn in next week.El nuevo gobernador prestará juramento la próxima semana. The jury have not yet been sworn in.El jurado todavía no ha prestado juramento.GRAMMAR Swear in is usually passive.