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

• “juro” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
• “jor” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
• “juro” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• “xuro” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “xuro” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “xuro” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Etymology 2

Verb

xuro

1. first-person singular present indicative of xurar