droga

See also: drogá, drogà, drogą, and drōga

Catalan

Etymology

Uncertain. Cognate with French drogue, English drug.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /ˈdɾɔ.ɡə/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /ˈdɾɔ.ɡa/

Noun

droga f (plural drogues)

1. drug

Derived terms

• adroguer
• drogar
• drogat
• droguer
• drogoaddicte
• drogodependent

Further reading

• “droga” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

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Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈdroɡa]

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/
• Rhymes: -ɔɡa
• 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. inflection of drogare:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Anagrams

• Grado, 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

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdrɔɡa/

Adjective

droga

1. feminine nominative singular 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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• Rhymes: -ɔɡa
• Syllabification: dro‧ga

Etymology 1

Inherited 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

adjectives

• drogowy
• przydrożny

 

adverb

• drogą
• po drodze
• w drodze

 

noun

• bezdroże
• podróż
• rozdroże

 

preposition

• na drodze

 

verbs

• stanąć na drodze
• stawać na drodze

 

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

droga

1. feminine nominative/vocative singular of drogi

Further reading

• droga in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• droga in Polish dictionaries at PWN

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Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈdɾɔ.ɡɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈdɾɔ.ɡɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈdɾɔ.ɡa/

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

• Hyphenation: dro‧ga

Etymology 1

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

Noun

droga f (plural drogas)

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. damn! (expresses anger or irritation)

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

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

droga

1. inflection of drogar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

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Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed 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
• droga de diseño
• droga del violador
• drogar
• droga recreativa
• endrogar

 

Etymology 2

Verb

droga

1. inflection of drogar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• drago, grado, gorda

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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, intransitive) 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”).

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: dro‧ga
• IPA^(key): /ˈdɾoɡa/, [ˈdɾo.ɣɐ]

Noun

droga

1. drug

Derived terms

• drogahin
• magdroga
• pagdodroga

 

Related terms

• gamot