jugar

Catalan

Etymology

Inherited from Old Catalan jugar, from Latin iocārī. Compare Occitan jogar.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Central, Balearic) [ʒuˈɣa]
  • IPA(key): (Valencia) [d͡ʒuˈɣaɾ]
  • Audio:(file)

Verb

jugar (first-person singular present jugo, first-person singular preterite juguí, past participle jugat)

  1. (intransitive) to play
  2. (intransitive) to play [with a ‘a game’]
    Jugar a lladres i serenosto play cops and robbers
  3. (intransitive) to gamble
  4. (transitive, reflexive) to bet (something)
    (idiomatic) Jugar-s'hi les garrofesto risk one's means of living (literally, “to bet one's carobs on something”)

Conjugation

Derived terms

Further reading

Ladino

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Spanish jugar, from Latin iocārī.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ʒuˈɡar]

Verb

jugar

  1. to play

Romanian

Etymology

From jug +‎ -ar or from Latin iugārius, from iugum (yoke).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʒuˈɡar/

Adjective

jugar m or n (feminine singular jugară, masculine plural jugari, feminine and neuter plural jugare)

  1. (regional, of oxen) of a yoke, good or fitting for a yoke

Declension

Declension of jugar
singular plural
masculine neuter feminine masculine neuter feminine
nominative-
accusative
indefinite jugar jugară jugari jugare
definite jugarul jugara jugarii jugarele
genitive-
dative
indefinite jugar jugare jugari jugare
definite jugarului jugarei jugarilor jugarelor

Noun

jugar m (plural jugari)

  1. (regional) a yoked oxen

Declension

Declension of jugar
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative-accusative jugar jugarul jugari jugarii
genitive-dative jugar jugarului jugari jugarilor
vocative jugarule jugarilor

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Latin iocārī. Compare Portuguese jogar and, more distantly, English joke.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /xuˈɡaɾ/ [xuˈɣ̞aɾ]
    • Audio:(file)
  • IPA(key): /ʃuˈɡaɾ/ [ʃuˈɣ̞aɾ] (Early Modern Spanish)
  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: ju‧gar

Verb

jugar (first-person singular present juego, first-person singular preterite jugué, past participle jugado)

  1. to play
    Estoy jugando una partida ahora, luego.I'm playing a game right now, later
  2. to risk, take a chance
  3. (Louisiana) to play (an instrument)
    Synonyms: tocar, tañer

Conjugation

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Papiamentu: hunga
  • Cebuano: sugal
  • Bikol Central: sugal
  • Tagalog: sugal

Further reading