jogar
Portuguese, verb/ʒoˈɡa(ʁ)/
jogar is spelled J-O-G-A-R (5 letters) and appears 107 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 911th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Jogar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to play (to participate in a sport or game)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “fazer apostas em jogo”.
What does jogar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to play (to participate in a sport or game)
Quando que o meu time joga?
- 2
to throw; to hurl (to shove an object away)
Joguei uma pedra à janela.
- 3
to hand (something) over by throwing
Me jogue as chaves.
- 4
to gamble (to play risky games, especially casino games)
Jogar é um vício comum.
- 5
to bet (to place a bet)
Ela jogou no cavalo errado e perdeu todo seu dinheiro.
- 6
to bet on (to place one’s hopes or efforts on)
Joguei no amor e acabei levando uma facada nas costas.
- 7
to agitate or oscillate
A água jogava.
- 8
to match; to go with (to form a good combination with)
Esse comentário não joga bem com a sua reputação de imparcial.
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. fazer apostas em jogo 2. entregar-se ao jogo 3. arremessar, atirar, sacudir 4. participar do jogo de
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of jogar
- jogo first-person present singular
- joguei first-person preterite singular
- jogado participle past
- g-gu alternation
- jogares infinitive second-person singular
- jogarmos first-person infinitive plural
- jogardes infinitive plural second-person
- jogarem infinitive plural third-person
- jogando gerund
- jogados masculine participle past
- jogada feminine participle past
- jogadas feminine participle past
- jogas indicative present second-person
- joga indicative present singular
- jogamos first-person indicative plural
- jogais indicative plural present
- jogam indicative plural present
- jogava first-person imperfect indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce jogar?
- Brazil /ʒoˈɡa(ʁ)/
- Brazil [ʒoˈɡa(h)]
- /ʒoˈɡa(ɾ)/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to jogar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is jogar in Portuguese?
jogar appears 107 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).