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LearnCraft Spanish

182: Jugar

LearnCraft Spanish

Timothy Moser

Education, Language Learning

4.9634 Ratings

🗓️ 4 November 2025

⏱️ 20 minutes

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Summary

The Spanish verb Jugar is one way to translate the English verb "play". Let's practice using this slightly irregular verb in a variety of contexts, including all its common conjugations.

Practice all of today's Spanish for free at LCSPodcast.com/182

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0:00.0

Join us on a rigorous step-by-step journey to fluency.

0:09.0

I'm Timothy, and this is LearnCraft Spanish.

0:14.0

The Spanish verb,

0:16.0

Jugaar, means to play.

0:19.0

Like the English verb, it can be used by itself or it can refer to a game that you're playing.

0:25.6

Here's an example where it's used by itself.

0:28.6

Your dog tries to play in the street.

0:40.3

Here's an example where it refers to what you're playing. Here's an example where it refers to what you're playing.

0:45.3

She wants to play this, but we played it yesterday.

0:49.3

She wants to play this, but we played it yesterday. This is a bit weird.

0:57.0

This is a bit weird.

0:59.0

So in the second half of the sentence, we have

1:02.0

Lo jugamos a year, which is a direct object.

1:06.0

But in the first half of the sentence, we have

1:09.0

Jugaa Esto we have to play a esto.

1:12.6

Literally, to play to this.

1:16.3

The thing is, when you're naming what game you're playing,

1:19.9

you often put an extra preposition ah before it.

1:24.5

Try it yourself in this next example.

1:27.0

We want to play this game.

1:34.4

We're going to play a game.

1:40.5

Now let's talk about conjugating huger.

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