swear in Arabic
حَلَفَ ḥalafa
UK/ˈswɛə(ɹ)//ˈswɛɚ/
swear in Arabic: حَلَفَ (ḥalafa), أَقْسَمَ (ʔaqsama), شَتَمَ (šatama), سَبَّ (sabba). In English, swear means to take an oath, to promise intensely, solemnly, and/or with legally binding effect.
Arabic words for swear
- to take an oath
- حَلَفَ ḥalafa, أَقْسَمَ ʔaqsama
- to curse, to use offensive language
- شَتَمَ šatama, سَبَّ sabba
English meaning of swear
- verb To take an oath, to promise intensely, solemnly, and/or with legally binding effect.
- verb To take an oath that an assertion is true.
- verb To promise intensely that something is true; to strongly assert.
- verb To administer an oath to (a person).
swear in a sentence
- The knight swore not to return to the palace until he had found the treasure.
- The witness swore that the person she had seen running out of the bank was a foot shorter than the accused.
- I swear I don't know what you're talking about.
Synonyms of swear
swear in other languages
Questions about swear in Arabic
- What is the meaning of swear in Arabic?
- Swear in Arabic is حَلَفَ (ḥalafa), أَقْسَمَ (ʔaqsama), شَتَمَ (šatama), سَبَّ (sabba).
- ما معنى كلمة swear؟
- Swear: حَلَفَ (ḥalafa), أَقْسَمَ (ʔaqsama), شَتَمَ (šatama), سَبَّ (sabba).
- What does swear mean in English?
- Swear means to take an oath, to promise intensely, solemnly, and/or with legally binding effect.
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