droga

See also: drogá, drogà, and drogą

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Catalan

Noun

droga f (plural drogues)

1. drug

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Czech

Noun

droga f

1. drug, recreational drug (illegal or intoxicating)

Declension

Declension

	singular	plural
nominative	droga	drogy
genitive	drogy	drog
dative	droze	drogám
accusative	drogu	drogy
vocative	drogo	drogy
locative	droze	drogách
instrumental	drogou	drogami

Derived terms

• drogový
• protidrogový

Further reading

• droga in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
• droga in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

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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]
• Stress: dròga
• Hyphenation: dro‧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!

     (please add an English translation of this quote)

   • 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.

     (please add an English translation of this quote)

   Synonym: stupefacente

Derived terms

Term list

• drogare

• drogheria

• droghiere

• droghista

Related terms

Terms related to droga

• drogarsi

• drogato

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

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

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

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• drogen

Noun

droga m, f

1. definite feminine singular of droge

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Polish

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *dorga

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdrɔ.ɡa/

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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

• drogowy

Adjective

droga

1. feminine nominative singular of drogi

Further reading

• droga in Polish dictionaries at 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

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

Noun

droga f (plural drogas)

1. drug (substance used to treat an illness or relieve a symptom)
2. drug (psychoactive substance, especially one which is illegal and addictive)
3. (informal) crap (something of poor quality)

Synonyms

• (substance used to treat illness): fármaco, mezinha, remédio
• (crap): bosta, lixo, merda, porcaria

Related terms

• drogado
• drogar
• drogaria

Interjection

droga!

1. damn! (expresses anger or irritation)

Synonyms

• bosta (vulgar), merda (vulgar), porcaria

Verb

droga

1. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present indicative of drogar

   Ele droga o paciente.

   He drugs the patient.

2. second-person singular (tu, sometimes used with você) affirmative imperative of drogar

   Tu aí, droga o paciente sozinho.

   You there, drug the patient by yourself.

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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

Etymology

Borrowed from French drogue, from Middle French drogue, from Middle Dutch droge (“dry”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdɾoɡa/, [ˈd̪ɾoɣa]

Noun

droga f (plural drogas)

1. drug
2. (Mexico) indebtedness, debt

Derived terms

• (drug): drogar, drogarse
• (debt): endrogar, endrogarse

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

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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
Present tense	drogar	drogas
Past tense	drogade	drogades
Supine	drogat	drogats
Imperative	droga	—
Present participle	drogande
Past participle	drogad

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Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish droga (“drug”).

Noun

droga

1. drug