jogar

From jog (“right, law”) with the suffix -ar, by mistaken rebracketing of the latter from words like vihar and agyar. (See also ivar and szivar coined with the same rebracketing.) Created by József Bajza during the Hungarian language reform, which took place in the 18th–19th centuries.

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• Hyphenation: jo‧gar
• Rhymes: -ɒr

jogar (plural jogarok)

1. sceptre (scepter)

• jogar in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒoɡar/
• Rhymes: -oɡar
• Syllabification: jo‧gar

jogar

1. a type of gambling with checker

• “jogar” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

• jugar

From Old Occitan jogar, from Latin iocārī.

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jogar

1. to play

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• jogador
• jogaire

• jòc

Inherited from Latin iocārī.

• IPA^(key): /d͡ʒo.ˈɡaɾ/
• Rhymes: -aɾ

jogar

1. to play
   • 13th century CE, Alfonso X of Castile, Cantigas de Santa Maria, Códice de los músicos, cantiga 294 (facsimile):

     Como hũa moller q̇ iogaua os dados en pulla lançou hũa pedra aa omagen de ſa mari por q̇ perdera ⁊ parou un angeo de pedra que y eſtava a mão ⁊ reçibiu o colpe.

     How a woman who was playing dice in Apulia threw a stone at the statue of Holy Mary because she had lost, and an angel of stone which was there reached out its hand and received the blow.

• jogo

• Galician: xogar, xugar, jogar (reintegrationist)
• Portuguese: jogar

jogar m (plural jogares)

1. game (act of playing)

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese jogar, from Latin iocārī. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term. why does it mean throw?

Compare Galician xogar, Asturian xugar, Spanish jugar.

• Homophone: jugar (Portugal)
• Hyphenation: jo‧gar

jogar (first-person singular present jogo, first-person singular preterite joguei, past participle jogado)

2. (transitive or intransitive) to play (to participate in a sport or game)

   Quando que o meu time joga? ― When is my team playing?

   Jogamos RPG todos os dias. ― We play RPGs every day.

4. (transitive) to throw; to hurl (to shove an object away)

   Joguei uma pedra à janela. ― I threw a rock at the window.

6. (transitive) to hand (something) over by throwing

   Synonyms: arremessar, arrojar, atirar, lançar

   Me jogue as chaves. ― Throw me the keys.

   Tentaram jogar comida aos prisioneiros. ― They tried to throw the prisoners food.

8. (transitive or intransitive) to gamble (to play risky games, especially casino games)

   Synonym: apostar

   Jogar é um vício comum. ― Gambling is a common addiction.

10. (intransitive) to bet (to place a bet)

    Synonym: apostar

    Ela jogou no cavalo errado e perdeu todo seu dinheiro. ― She bet on the wrong horse and lost all of her money.

12. (intransitive, by extension) to bet on (to place one’s hopes or efforts on)

    Joguei no amor e acabei levando uma facada nas costas. ― I placed a bet on love and ended up being stabbed in the back.

14. (intransitive) to agitate or oscillate

    A água jogava. ― The water was agitated.

16. (intransitive) to match; to go with (to form a good combination with)

    Synonyms: condizer, ir

    Esse comentário não joga bem com a sua reputação de imparcial. ― This comment doesn’t go well with your reputation of impartiality.

18. (pronominal, figurative) to immerse oneself (to become completely involved)

• jogo

• → Gujarati: જુગાર (jugār)

• “jogar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024
• “jogar”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024