xuro

See also: xuró

Asturian

Verb

xuro

1. first-person singular present indicative of xurar

Galician

Etymology 1

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

• IPA^(key): [ˈʃu.ɾʊ]

Noun

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

References

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “juro”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “jor”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “juro”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “xuro”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “xuro”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “xuro”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Etymology 2

Verb

xuro

1. first-person singular present indicative of xurar