giocare

== Italian == === Alternative forms === giocar (apocopic) giuocare (literary) giucare (obsolete) === Etymology === Inherited from Latin iocārī. By surface analysis, gioco (“game”) +‎ -are. Cognate with Sicilian jucari. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /d͡ʒoˈka.re/ Rhymes: -are Hyphenation: gio‧cà‧re === Verb === giocàre (first-person singular present giòco, first-person singular past historic giocài, past participle giocàto, auxiliary avére) [auxiliary avere] to play, specifically: (intransitive) to play a game, for fun or as a pastime I bambini giocano in giardino ― The children play in the garden (intransitive) to do something for fun Il gatto gioca col topo ― The cat plays with the mouse [letting it go to catch it again] Synonym: scherzare (intransitive) to partake in a sport or game Oggi giochiamo a tennis ― Today we'll play tennis Fortunato in amor non giochi a carte (proverb) ― One can be lucky in either card games and love, but not both (literally, “Let [he who is] lucky in love not play cards”) (intransitive) to act as required from a game Tocca a te giocare ― It's your turn to play (e.g. in a card game) (intransitive) to participate in a sporting match Domani la Roma giocherà col Napoli ― Tomorrow, Roma will play Napoli (transitive) to put into action (in a game) Giocare una carta ― To play a card (intransitive, hunting) to respond to bait (of birds) (intransitive) to have a gambling addiction (transitive) to put as stake (in a game) (by extension) to bet, wager (transitive) to spend or waste (time) playing (figurative, transitive) to deceive or manipulate (figurative, intransitive): (with di) to use (something) skillfully (mechanical engineering) to have backlash (of a mechanism) Questo ingranaggio gioca un po' troppo ― This gear has a bit too much backlash to be important, to matter to make the most of, to take advantage of ==== Conjugation ==== Including lesser-used forms: ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== → Interlingua: jocar → Sicilian: giucari →? Sardinian: giogae, giogai, giogare, zogare === Anagrams === giacerò