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.

• IPA^(key): [ˈjoɡɒr]
• 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

• jugar

From Old Occitan jogar, from Latin iocārī.

• IPA^(key): [d͡ʒuˈɡa]

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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, E codex, cantiga 294 (facsimile):

     Como hũa moller q̇ iogaua os dados en pulla lançou hũa pedra aa omagen de ſ[ant]a mari[a] 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
• 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)

1. (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.

2. (transitive or ditransitive, with the indirect object taking em) to throw; to hurl (to shove an object away)

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

3. (ditransitive, with the indirect object taking a or para or an indirect objective pronoun) to hand something over by throwing it

   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.

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

   Synonym: apostar

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

5. (transitive with em) to bet on (to place a bet on)

   Synonym: apostar

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

6. (by extension, transitive with em) 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.

7. (intransitive) to agitate or oscillate

   A água jogava. ― The water was agitated.

8. (transitive with com) 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.

9. (takes a reflexive pronoun, transitive with em or dentro de) to immerse oneself in (to become completely involved with)

• jogo

• “jogar” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.
• “jogar” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024.