jugar.
to play
Meaning & usage
to play
Estoy jugando una partida ahora, luego.
to risk, take a chance
to play (an instrument)
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *yek- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *yókos Proto-Italic *jokos Latin iocus Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin iocor Old Spanish jogar Spanish jugar Inherited from Old Spanish jogar, from Latin iocor, from iocus (“joke, jest”) + -ō (denominal verbal suffix). The shift from /o/ to /u/ is irregular and produced the only verb with u-ue vowel alternation in Spanish. Cognate with Asturian xugar, Catalan jugar, French jouer, Galician xogar, Italian giocare, Portuguese jogar, Romanian juca, and, more distantly, English joke.
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