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xuro

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See also: xuró

Asturian

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Verb

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xuro

  1. first-person singular present indicative of xurar

Galician

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Etymology 1

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From Old Galician-Portuguese jur, from Latin jūre, iūre, ablative of iūs, with inflection later altered in Galician and Portuguese, as if a derivative of the verb xurar; compare Portuguese juro.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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xuro m (plural xuros)

  1. (finance, usually in the plural) interest
  2. (finance, usually in the plural) yield
  3. (now rare, law) right; possession
    • 1347, M. Romaní Martínez (ed.), La colección diplomática de Santa María de Oseira (1025-1310), IV. Santiago: Tórculo Edicións, page 207:
      que vos et todos vossos sucesores a aiades et poseiades para senpre en juro de herdade
      for you and all of your successors to have and own forever as right of heritage

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Etymology 2

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Verb

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xuro

  1. first-person singular present indicative of xurar