giocare

Definitions of giocare
  1. verb
    participate in games or sport
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    types:
    puntare, scommettere
    bet or wager (money)
    puntare, scommettere
    stake on the outcome of an issue
    type of:
    competere, concorrere, gareggiare, misurarsi, rivaleggiare
    compete for something; engage in a contest; measure oneself against others
  2. verb
    pretend to be somebody in the framework of a game or playful activity
    synonyms:
    rappresentare, recitare, sostenere
    play a role or part
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    type of:
    fingere, fingersi, ostentare, sfoggiare
    make a pretence of
  3. verb
    be at play; be engaged in playful activity; amuse oneself in a way characteristic of children
    synonyms:
    divertirsi
    engage in recreational activities rather than work; occupy oneself in a diversion
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    types:
    scorrazzare
    play boisterously
  4. verb
    be performed or presented for public viewing
    synonyms:
    rappresentare, recitare
    perform on a stage or theater
  5. verb
    have weight; have import, carry weight
    synonyms: agire, contare, pesare, rilevare, valere
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    type of:
    essere
    have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun)
  6. verb
    put (a card or piece) into play during a game, or act strategically as if in a card game
    synonyms: giocarsi
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    type of:
    distribuire
    place troops or weapons in battle formation
  7. verb
    stake on the outcome of an issue
    synonyms: puntare, scommettere
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    types:
    impalare
    place a bet on
  8. verb
    maintain with or as if with a bet
    synonyms: puntare, scommettere
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    type of:
    azzeccare, divinare, indovinare, predire, presagire, promettere, vaticinare
    make a prediction about; tell in advance
  9. verb
    bet or wager (money)
    synonyms: puntare, scommettere
  10. verb
    defeat someone through trickery or deceit
    synonyms: abbindolare, accalappiare, aggirare, barare, buggerare, buscherare, circondurre, ciurmare, cuccare, gabbare, imbrogliare, infinocchiare, ingannare, minchionare, raggirare, turlupinare
  11. verb
    deprive somebody of something by deceit
    synonyms: abbindolare, accalappiare, aggirare, barare, buggerare, buscherare, circondurre, ciurmare, cuccare, gabbare, imbrogliare, infinocchiare, ingannare, minchionare, raggirare, turlupinare
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    types:
    bagnare, strozzare
    rip off; ask an unreasonable price
  12. verb
    put at risk
    synonyms: avventurare, azzardare, impalare, tentare
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    type of:
    arrischiare, azzardare, esporre, osare, rischiare, tentare
    expose to a chance of loss or damage
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