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For the verb: "to swear"
Simple Past: swore
Past Participle: sworn

Concise Oxford Paravia Italian Dictionary © 2009 Pearson Paravia Bruno Mondadori spa e Oxford University Press:
swear /sweə(r)/
  1. tr. (pass. swore; p.pass. sworn)
    1. (promise) giurare (anche dir.);
      I ~ to God, I didn’t know giuro (davanti a Dio) che non lo sapevo;
      I could have sworn she was there avrei giurato che lei ci fosse;
      to ~ sb. to secrecy fare giurare a qcn. di mantenere il segreto;
      she had been sworn to secrecy le era stato fatto giurare di mantenere il segreto;
      to be sworn to do avere giurato di fare;
      to be sworn into office entrare in carica prestando giuramento
    1. (curse) “damn!” he swore “dannazione!” imprecò;
      to ~ at imprecare contro;
      to be o get sworn at farsi insultare
  1. intr. (pass. swore; p.pass. sworn)
    1. (curse) bestemmiare, imprecare;
      he never ~s non bestemmia mai, non dice mai parolacce
    1. (attest) I wouldn’t o couldn’t ~ to it non ci giurerei, non potrei giurarlo.

Phrasal verbs:
swear by colloq. ~ by [sth., sb.] avere piena fiducia in [remedy, expert].
swear in: ~ in [sb.], ~ [sb.] in fare giurare [jury, witness];
to be sworn in entrare in carica prestando giuramento.
swear off: ~ off [sth.] giurare di rinunciare a [alcohol, smoking].


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swear: WordReference English-Italiano Dictionary © 2012

swear (to swear by)aver completa fiducia in v
swear (to blaspheme)bestemmiare v
swear (to cuss)dire parolacce v
swear (to declare) sotto giuramentodichiarare v
swear (to swear)giurare v
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swear: WordReference English-Italiano Dictionary © 2012

Compound Forms/Forme composte
I swear to godgiuro su Dio
swear atvtr (use bad language towards, curse at)insultare, dire parolacce a vtr
Children should not swear at their parents.
I bambini non devono insultare i genitori.
swear by (trust blindly)credere ciecamente a/in v
swear infar prestare giuramento
swear offgiurare di rinunciare a
swear ongiurare su vi
swear tovtr (promise solemnly to)promettere, giurare vtr
I swear to do my best to stay out of trouble.
Prometto di fare del mio meglio per rimanere fuori dai guai.
swear wordsnpl UK (cursing, bad language)parolaccia nf
Goddammit! Haven't I told you never to use swear words!
Swear words are always the first thing you want to learn in another language -- and the last thing you should use.
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