jogar
Jogar is a Portuguese verb meaning to participate in an activity that involves a game or sport, or to throw or toss an object. It also covers the sense of gambling in contexts like gambling money. It is transitive, taking a direct object that names the game or activity, as in jogar futebol, jogar xadrez, or jogar cartas; it can also appear with a prepositional phrase to indicate context, such as jogar com alguém or jogar no time. The sense of playing can be physical, strategic, or based on chance.
Jogar is an -ar verb and is largely regular in its endings, but it preserves a hard
Usage notes: jogar is common for sports and board or video games (jogar futebol, jogar xadrez, jogar