verb · #254
to play
Example: Los niños juegan en el parque.
The children are playing in the park.
Spanish → English
jugar
jugar is Spanish for to play.
What jugar means
How common is it?
jugar is ranked #254 of the 500 most common Spanish words. It sits in the second half of the list: still everyday vocabulary, but you will meet it less often than the first two hundred.
Nearby on the frequency list
Words with a similar frequency to jugar — learning them together is more efficient than learning them alphabetically.
- odiar — to hate
- perder — to lose; to miss
- ganar — to win, to earn
- cantar — to sing
- bailar — to dance
- reír — to laugh
See all 500 most common Spanish words
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Compiled and checked by the Flipkado team · Last updated 2026-08-22