droga

See also: drogá, drogà, dròga, drōga, and drogą

Catalan

Etymology

Uncertain. Cognate with French drogue, English drug.

Pronunciation

Noun

droga f (plural drogues)

  1. drug

Derived terms

Further reading


Czech

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈdroɡa]

Noun

droga f

  1. drug, recreational drug (illegal or intoxicating)

Declension

Derived terms

Further reading

  • droga in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
  • droga in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

Interlingua

Noun

droga (plural drogas)

  1. drug (medical drug or recreational drug)

Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈdrɔ.ɡa/
  • Rhymes: -ɔɡa
  • Hyphenation: drò‧ga

Etymology 1

Perhaps from Dutch droog (dry).

Noun

droga f (plural droghe)

  1. spice
    Synonym: spezia
  2. drug
    • 2008, Fratello Metallo, "Bacco", Misteri.
      L'alcol è droga! L'alcol è droga e morte!
      Alcohol is a drug! Alcohol is a drug and death!
    • 2012, Ferran Adrià, Valentin Fuster, Josep Corbella, La buona cucina della salute, page 237.
      Le ragazze hanno ben chiaro che la marijuana non è una droga leggera.
      The girls understood pretty clearly that marijuana is not a light drug.
    Synonym: stupefacente
Derived terms

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

droga

  1. inflection of drogare:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Anagrams


Lower Sorbian

Etymology 1

From Proto-Slavic *dorga.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈdrɔɡa/

Noun

droga f (diminutive drožka)

  1. street
  2. road
Declension
Derived terms
  • drogac
  • drogarnistwo
  • drogaŕ
  • drogotwaŕ
  • drogowaś
  • drogowcyk
  • drogownistwo
  • drogupokazowaŕ
  • drogurubaŕ
  • drožcycka
  • drožycka

References

  • Gunter Schaarschmidt, A Historical Phonology of the Upper and Lower Sorbian Languages (1998), page 45: USo dróha 'road', also droha, LSo droga;

Etymology 2

Borrowed from German Droge, from French drogue, from Middle Low German droge (dry).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈdrɔwɡa/, [ˈdrowɡa]

Noun

droga f

  1. drug
Declension
Derived terms

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈdrɔɡa/

Adjective

droga

  1. feminine nominative singular of drogi

Further reading

  • Muka, Arnošt (1921, 1928), droga”, in Słownik dolnoserbskeje rěcy a jeje narěcow (in German), St. Petersburg, Prague: ОРЯС РАН, ČAVU; Reprinted Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag, 2008
  • Starosta, Manfred (1999), droga”, in Dolnoserbsko-nimski słownik / Niedersorbisch-deutsches Wörterbuch (in German), Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

Noun

droga m or f

  1. definite feminine singular of droge

Polish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈdrɔ.ɡa/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -ɔɡa
  • Syllabification: dro‧ga

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *dorga.

Noun

droga f (diminutive dróżka)

  1. way
  2. road
Declension
Derived terms
adjectives
adverb
noun
preposition
verbs

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

droga

  1. feminine nominative/vocative singular of drogi

Further reading

  • droga in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • droga in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈdɾɔ.ɡɐ/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈdɾɔ.ɡa/
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈdɾɔ.ɡɐ/ [ˈdɾɔ.ɣɐ]

  • Hyphenation: dro‧ga

Etymology 1

From French drogue, from Middle French drogue, from Old French drogue, from drocgue, possibly from Middle Dutch droge (dry).

Noun

droga f (plural drogas)

  1. drug (substance used to treat an illness or relieve a symptom)
    Synonyms: fármaco, mezinha, remédio
  2. drug (psychoactive substance, especially one which is illegal and addictive)
  3. (informal) crap (something of poor quality)
    Synonyms: bosta, lixo, merda, porcaria
    Essa droga não funciona!
    This crap doesn't work!

Interjection

droga!

  1. damn! (expresses anger or irritation)
    Synonyms: (vulgar) bosta, (vulgar) merda, porcaria, meleca

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

droga

  1. inflection of drogar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French droguer.

Verb

a droga (third-person singular present droghează, past participle drogat) 1st conj.

  1. to drug

Derived terms


Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowed from German Droge, from French drogue.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /drǒːɡa/
  • Hyphenation: dro‧ga

Noun

dróga f (Cyrillic spelling дро́га)

  1. drug (illegal or intoxicating)

Declension


Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈdɾoɡa/ [ˈd̪ɾo.ɣ̞a]
  • Rhymes: -oɡa
  • Syllabification: dro‧ga

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French drogue, from Middle French drogue, from Middle Dutch droge (dry).

Noun

droga f (plural drogas)

  1. drug
  2. (Mexico) indebtedness, debt
Derived terms

Verb

droga

  1. inflection of drogar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

Anagrams


Swedish

Etymology

drog + -a

Verb

droga (present drogar, preterite drogade, supine drogat, imperative droga)

  1. to drug (someone); to fool someone into taking drugs, especially sleeping pills or similar
  2. (colloquial, intransitive) to do drugs

Conjugation

Anagrams


Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish droga (drug).

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: dro‧ga
  • IPA(key): /ˈdɾoɡa/, [ˈdɾo.ɣɐ]

Noun

droga

  1. drug

Derived terms

  • drogahin
  • magdroga
  • pagdodroga
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