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)

Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	jogar	jogarok
accusative	jogart	jogarokat
dative	jogarnak	jogaroknak
instrumental	jogarral	jogarokkal
causal-final	jogarért	jogarokért
translative	jogarrá	jogarokká
terminative	jogarig	jogarokig
essive-formal	jogarként	jogarokként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	jogarban	jogarokban
superessive	jogaron	jogarokon
adessive	jogarnál	jogaroknál
illative	jogarba	jogarokba
sublative	jogarra	jogarokra
allative	jogarhoz	jogarokhoz
elative	jogarból	jogarokból
delative	jogarról	jogarokról
ablative	jogartól	jogaroktól
non-attributive possessive - singular	jogaré	jogaroké
non-attributive possessive - plural	jogaréi	jogarokéi

Possessive forms of jogar
possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	jogarom	jogaraim
2nd person sing.	jogarod	jogaraid
3rd person sing.	jogara	jogarai
1st person plural	jogarunk	jogaraink
2nd person plural	jogarotok	jogaraitok
3rd person plural	jogaruk	jogaraik

• 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/ [ˈd͡ʒo.ɡar]
• 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.

• IPA^(key): [d͡ʒuˈɡa]

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jogar

1. to play

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

• 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 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 (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) [with direct object ‘something’, along with a ‘at’, em ‘at/into’, para ‘to’, através de ‘through’, etc.]

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

6. (transitive) to hand (something) over by throwing [with direct object ‘something’, along with a or para or indirect object pronoun ‘to someone’]

   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) [with em ‘on someone/something’]

    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) [with em ‘someone/something’]

    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) [with com ‘someone/something’]

    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) [with em or dentro de ‘in something’]

• 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