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perjurar

Spanish, verb/peɾxuˈɾaɾ/

perjurar is a Spanish verb meaning “to perjure oneself” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Mentir bajo juramento”.

What does perjurar mean in English?

verb

  1. 1

    to perjure oneself

  2. 2

    to swear (promise)

  3. 3

    to swear (promise) again and again

Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Spanish dictionaries define it

verb: 1. Mentir bajo juramento. 2. Mentir voluntariamente en declaraciones solemnes u oficiales. 3. Jurar en exceso como argumento para convencer. 4. Despreciar lo sagrado o faltar a la fe que fue ofrecida en el juramento falso.

The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.

Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.

Forms of perjurar

  • perjuro first-person present singular
  • perjuré first-person preterite singular
  • perjurado participle past
  • perjurando gerund
  • perjurada feminine participle past
  • perjurados masculine participle past
  • perjuradas feminine participle past
  • perjuras indicative informal present
  • perjurás indicative informal present
  • perjura indicative present singular
  • perjuramos first-person indicative plural
  • perjuráis indicative plural present
  • perjuran indicative plural present
  • perjuraba first-person imperfect indicative
  • perjurabas imperfect indicative second-person
  • perjurábamos first-person imperfect indicative
  • perjurabais imperfect indicative plural
  • perjuraban imperfect indicative plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce perjurar?

  • /peɾxuˈɾaɾ/
  • [peɾ.xuˈɾaɾ]
  • [peɾxuˈɾaɾ]

Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to perjurar

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is perjurar in Spanish?

perjurar appears about once in every 81 million words in written Spanish.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).