# jura
## Catalan
### Verb

jura
* inflection of jurar:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

## Czech
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈjura]

### Noun

jura f
* (geology) Jurassic

#### Declension
### Further reading

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

## Danish
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /juːra/, [ˈjuːɑ]

### Noun

jura c (singular definite juraen, not used in plural form)
* law (the practice and profession of law)
    Hun læser jura.She studies law.

#### Declension
## French
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ʒy.ʁa/
* Audio:(file)

### Verb

jura
* third-person singular past historic of jurer

## Galician
### Noun

jura f (plural juras, reintegrationist norm)
* reintegrationist spelling of xura

### References

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

## Kabuverdianu
### Etymology

From Portuguese jurar.

### Verb

jura
* swear, promise

### References

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

## Latin
### Noun

jūra
* nominative/accusative/vocative plural of jūs

### References

* “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

## Latvian
### Noun

jura f (4th declension)
* Jurassic

#### Declension
## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Noun

jura n
* definite plural of jur

## Polish
### Etymology

From Jura.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈju.ra/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ura
* Syllabification: ju‧ra
* Homophone: Jura

### Noun

jura f
* (geology, paleontology) Jurassic (period)

#### Derived terms

* jurajski

#### Related terms

* Jura

### Further reading

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

## Portuguese
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈʒu.ɾɐ/
* Rhymes: -uɾɐ
* Hyphenation: ju‧ra

### Etymology 1
#### Noun

jura f (plural juras)
* an oath
    Synonym: juramento

### Etymology 2
#### Verb

jura
* inflection of jurar:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

#### Interjection

jura
* really? (sarcastically indicating that something was obvious)

### Further reading

* “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, 2015–2025
* “jura”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

## Romanian
### Etymology

Inherited from Latin iūrāre.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ʒuˈra/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -a
* Hyphenation: ju‧ra
* Audio:(file)

### Verb

a jura (third-person singular present jură, past participle jurat) 1st conjugation
* (transitive) to swear; to vow
    Synonyms: făgădui, se jurui, sufleți
* (reflexive) to swear up and down

#### Derived terms

* jurare
* jur

#### Related terms

* înjura
* jurământ
* jurător

### References

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

## Spanish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈxuɾa/ [ˈxu.ɾa]
* Rhymes: -uɾa
* Syllabification: ju‧ra

### Etymology 1

Deverbal from jurar (“to swear”).

#### Noun

jura f (uncountable)
* oath, swearing
* (dated, slang, El Salvador) the police institution, especially the military police before the 1992 Peace Accords
    Synonym: (El Salvador, Northern Mexico) chota

##### Derived terms

* jura de bandera
* jura de cuentas

### Etymology 2
#### Verb

jura
* inflection of jurar:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

### Further reading

* “jura”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10