droga

See also: drogá, drogà, and drogą

Catalan

Noun

droga f (plural drogues)

1. drug

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Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈdroɡa]

Noun

droga f

1. drug, recreational drug (illegal or intoxicating)

Derived terms

• drogový
• protidrogový

Further reading

• Template:R:PSJC
• Template:R:SSJC

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Interlingua

Noun

droga (plural drogas)

1. drug (medical drug or recreational drug)

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Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdrɔ.ɡa/, [ˈd̪r̺ɔːɡä]
• 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

• drogare
• drogheria
• droghiere
• droghista

 

Related terms

• drogarsi
• drogato

 

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

droga

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

Anagrams

• drago, dragò, godrà, grado

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Lower Sorbian

Etymology 1

From Proto-Slavic *dorga.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdrɔɡa/

Noun

droga f ? (diminutive drožka)

1. street
2. road

Declension

Declension of droga

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	droga	droze	drogi
Genitive	drogi	drogowu	drogow
Dative	droze	drogoma	drogam
Accusative	drogu	droze	drogi
Instrumental	drogu	drogoma	drogami
Locative	droze	drogoma	drogach

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

Declension of droga

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	droga	droze	drogi
Genitive	drogi	drogowu	drogow
Dative	droze	drogoma	drogam
Accusative	drogu	droze	drogi
Instrumental	drogu	drogoma	drogami
Locative	droze	drogoma	drogach

Derived terms

• drogerija
• drogist
• drogowy

Etymology 3

Inflected form of drogi (“expensive”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdrɔɡa/

Adjective

droga

1. nominative singular feminine 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

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• drogen

Noun

droga m or f

1. definite feminine singular of droge

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Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdrɔ.ɡa/

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Etymology 1

From Proto-Slavic *dorga

Noun

droga f (diminutive dróżka)

1. way
2. road

Declension

Declension of droga

	singular	plural
nominative	droga	drogi
genitive	drogi	dróg
dative	drodze	drogom
accusative	drogę	drogi
instrumental	drogą	drogami
locative	drodze	drogach
vocative	drogo	drogi

Derived terms

• (adjective) drogowy

Etymology 2

Adjective

droga

1. feminine nominative/vocative singular of drogi

Further reading

• Template:R:PWN

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Portuguese

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdɾɔ.ɣɐ/
• IPA^(key): /ˈdɾɔ.ɡɐ/

Noun

droga f (plural s)

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

Related terms

• drogado
• drogar
• drogaria

Interjection

droga!

1. (Brazil) damn! (expresses anger or irritation)

   Synonyms: (vulgar) bosta, (vulgar) merda, porcaria, meleca

Verb

droga

1. Template:pt-verb-form-of

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Romanian

Etymology

From French droguer.

Verb

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

1. to drug

Derived terms

• drogat

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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

Declension of droga

	singular	plural
nominative	droga	droge
genitive	droge	droga
dative	drogi	drogama
accusative	drogu	droge
vocative	drogo	droge
locative	drogi	drogama
instrumental	drogom	drogama

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Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdɾoɡa/ [ˈd̪ɾo.ɣ̞a]

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

• antidroga
• (drug): drogar
• (debt): endrogar

Etymology 2

Verb

droga

1. Informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of drogar.
2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present indicative form of drogar.
3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present indicative form of drogar.

Anagrams

• gorda
• grado
• rogad

Further reading

• “droga”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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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) to do drugs

Conjugation

Conjugation of droga (weak)

	Active		Passive
Infinitive	droga		drogas
Supine	drogat		drogats
Imperative	droga		—
Imper. plural1	drogen		—
	Present	Past	Present	Past
Indicative	drogar	drogade	drogas	drogades
Ind. plural1	droga	drogade	drogas	drogades
Subjunctive2	droge	drogade	droges	drogades
	Participles
Present participle	drogande
Past participle	drogad
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

Anagrams

• groda

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Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish droga (“drug”).

Noun

droga

1. drug