Juego

Part of speech: noun

Definitions

1. A game or playful activity often enjoyed for entertainment or competition; an organized sport or match played with rules and objectives; a term denoting any pastime engaging participants in a form of leisure or recreation
2. An activity involving skill and chance, commonly undertaken for pleasure or amusement; a structured contest, whether in teams or individually, aimed at achieving a specific goal; a recreational pursuit that offers fun and social interaction among players
3. A form of entertainment that typically involves rules, objectives, and competition; any playful pursuit or sport that requires engagement and skill; a leisure activity designed to entertain and challenge players in various ways

Etymology: "Juego" is Spanish, and its ancestry is Latin, where "iocus" meant a joke, jest, or playful act. Over time the Latin "iocus" shifted in Spanish, where the sense of "iocus" as a light jest broadened to cover play in general, then to games with rules. The Spanish word lost the "o" sound of its Latin ancestor, a regular development in Spanish, which turned the vowels and consonants into the form we see today. Spanish "juego" also had a notable doublet in English: "joke" and "jest" come from the same Latin root, though they reached English through Old French rather than directly. This means the English word "joke" and the Spanish "juego" are cousins that drifted into very different meanings, one a quip and the other a whole activity with scoring and players.

Synonyms: game, match, contest, play, competition

Antonyms: INVALID