color

ca-noun

color m or (archaic, regional or poetic) f (plural colors)

Inherited from Latin colōrem. Compare Occitan color, French couleur.


as

From Latin as (“basic Roman unit of money”).

(games) an ace (the side of a die with a single pip)

(card games) an ace (a card with a single pip, usually of highest rank in a suit)


mare

French language
Italian language
Latin language
Occitan language
Old Catalan language
Proto-Indo-European language
Proto-Italic language
Spanish language

From Old Catalan mare, from Latin māter, mātrem, from Proto-Italic *mātēr, from Proto-Indo-European *méh₂tēr. Compare Occitan maire, French mère, Spanish madre, Italian madre.


cor

Inherited from Old Catalan cor, from Vulgar Latin *corem m, from Latin cor n.

dir-ho de tot cor

to say it with all the heart; to be sincere


mesa

Borrowed from Spanish mesa, from Latin mēnsa.


mona

From earlier mamona, maimona, from Arabic مَيْمُون (maymūn, “baboon, mandrill”).

der

a matching card game similar to Old Maid; also the loser and the losing card in this game


saga

Borrowed from Old Norse saga, maybe through English saga.


mancala

Borrowed from Arabic مَنْقَلَة (manqala).

bor+

mancala (family of two-person board games)


espasa

Inherited from Old Catalan (which also had a variant espaa), from Latin spatha (“sword”) (compare Occitan espasa, Spanish espada, French épée), from Ancient Greek σπάθη (spáthē).

(card games, in the plural) swords; a suit in the Spanish deck of cards


reina

Inherited from Old Catalan reïna (with a shift in stress), from Latin rēgīna.


viola

viola (flowering plant of the genus Viola)


viola

Uncertain, probably from Occitan viula, derivative of viular (“playing a string instrument” or “wind”).


solo

(card games) solo (a trick-taking card game played with 36 cards, similar to frog)


oro

(in the plural) a suit in a Spanish deck of cards


plena

(games) a game similar to bingo popular around Christmastime


quinta

(card games) a run of five sequential cards of the same suit


diamant

Borrowed from French and Old French diamant.

Any of various species of estrildid finches in the obsolete subfamily Poephilinae.


sota

Inherited from Old Catalan sota, from Vulgar Latin *subta, alteration of Latin subtus (whence Old Catalan sots), derived from sub, from Proto-Italic *supo, from Proto-Indo-European *upo.


fila

Inherited from Latin fīla, neuter plural of fīlum.


descartar

ca-verb

descartar (first-person singular present descarto, first-person singular preterite descartí, past participle descartat)

descarto (first-person present singular)
descartí (first-person preterite singular)
descartat (participle past)
descartar (infinitive)
descartant (gerund)
descartat (masculine participle past singular)
descartada (feminine participle past singular)
descartats (masculine participle past plural)
descartades (feminine participle past plural)
descarto (first-person indicative present singular)
descartes (indicative present second-person singular)
descarta (indicative present singular third-person)
descartem (first-person indicative plural present)
descarteu (indicative plural present second-person)
descarten (indicative plural present third-person)
descartava (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
descartaves (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
descartava (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
descartàvem (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
descartàveu (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
descartaven (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
descartaré (first-person future indicative singular)
descartaràs (future indicative second-person singular)
descartarà (future indicative singular third-person)
descartarem (first-person future indicative plural)
descartareu (future indicative plural second-person)
descartaran (future indicative plural third-person)
descartí (first-person indicative preterite singular)
descartares (indicative preterite second-person singular)
descartà (indicative preterite singular third-person)
descartàrem (first-person indicative plural preterite)
descartàreu (indicative plural preterite second-person)
descartaren (indicative plural preterite third-person)
descartaria (conditional first-person indicative singular)
descartaries (conditional indicative second-person singular)
descartaria (conditional indicative singular third-person)
descartaríem (conditional first-person indicative plural)
descartaríeu (conditional indicative plural second-person)
descartarien (conditional indicative plural third-person)
descarti (first-person present singular subjunctive)
descartis (present second-person singular subjunctive)
descarti (present singular subjunctive third-person)
descartem (first-person plural present subjunctive)
descarteu (plural present second-person subjunctive)
descartin (plural present subjunctive third-person)
descartés (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
descartessis (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
descartés (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
descartéssim (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
descartéssiu (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
descartessin (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
descarta (imperative second-person)
descarti (formal imperative second-person-semantically singular)
descartem (first-person imperative plural)
descarteu (imperative plural second-person)
descartin (formal imperative plural second-person-semantically)
no descartis (imperative negative second-person)
no descarti (formal imperative negative second-person-semantically singular)
no descartem (first-person imperative negative plural)
no descarteu (imperative negative plural second-person)
no descartin (formal imperative negative plural second-person-semantically)


dama

Borrowed from French dame, from Latin domina. Doublet of dona.


coll

Inherited from Latin collum. Compare Occitan còl and French cou.


plantar

plantar (first-person singular present planto, first-person singular preterite plantí, past participle plantat)

planto (first-person present singular)
plantí (first-person preterite singular)
plantat (participle past)
plantar (infinitive)
plantant (gerund)
plantat (masculine participle past singular)
plantada (feminine participle past singular)
plantats (masculine participle past plural)
plantades (feminine participle past plural)
planto (first-person indicative present singular)
plantes (indicative present second-person singular)
planta (indicative present singular third-person)
plantem (first-person indicative plural present)
planteu (indicative plural present second-person)
planten (indicative plural present third-person)
plantava (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
plantaves (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
plantava (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
plantàvem (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
plantàveu (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
plantaven (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
plantaré (first-person future indicative singular)
plantaràs (future indicative second-person singular)
plantarà (future indicative singular third-person)
plantarem (first-person future indicative plural)
plantareu (future indicative plural second-person)
plantaran (future indicative plural third-person)
plantí (first-person indicative preterite singular)
plantares (indicative preterite second-person singular)
plantà (indicative preterite singular third-person)
plantàrem (first-person indicative plural preterite)
plantàreu (indicative plural preterite second-person)
plantaren (indicative plural preterite third-person)
plantaria (conditional first-person indicative singular)
plantaries (conditional indicative second-person singular)
plantaria (conditional indicative singular third-person)
plantaríem (conditional first-person indicative plural)
plantaríeu (conditional indicative plural second-person)
plantarien (conditional indicative plural third-person)
planti (first-person present singular subjunctive)
plantis (present second-person singular subjunctive)
planti (present singular subjunctive third-person)
plantem (first-person plural present subjunctive)
planteu (plural present second-person subjunctive)
plantin (plural present subjunctive third-person)
plantés (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
plantessis (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
plantés (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
plantéssim (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
plantéssiu (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
plantessin (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
planta (imperative second-person)
planti (formal imperative second-person-semantically singular)
plantem (first-person imperative plural)
planteu (imperative plural second-person)
plantin (formal imperative plural second-person-semantically)
no plantis (imperative negative second-person)
no planti (formal imperative negative second-person-semantically singular)
no plantem (first-person imperative negative plural)
no planteu (imperative negative plural second-person)
no plantin (formal imperative negative plural second-person-semantically)

Inherited from Old Catalan plantar, from Late Latin plantāre.

(pronominal, card games) to stand pat, stick


carter

ca-noun

carter m (plural carters, feminine cartera)

(card games) reserve (remaining cards not dealt out)


copa

Inherited from Late Latin cuppa, from Latin cūpa. Compare Occitan copa, French coupe, Spanish copa.

(card games, in the plural) goblets; a suit in the Spanish deck of cards


rei

Inherited from Old Catalan rei, reig, from Latin rēgem, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃rḗǵs (“ruler”).

(endearing) darling, sport (name given to a male child or friend)


torre

Inherited from Old Catalan torre~torra, from Latin turrem, from Ancient Greek τύρρις (túrrhis).

(castells) a castell consisting of two castellers per level of the tronc

(historical) an agricultural estate on the outskirts of a town farmed by a tenant farmer


sena

(dice games) sice (the number six in a game of dice)


truc

Borrowed from Spanish truco or French truc.


ple

Inherited from Old Catalan ple (also plen), from Latin plēnus, from Proto-Italic *plēnos, from Proto-Indo-European *pl̥h₁nós (“full”).


copar

ca-verb

copar (first-person singular present copo, first-person singular preterite copí, past participle copat); root stress: (Central, Valencia, Balearic) /o/

copar (canonical)
root stress: (canonical)
o (canonical)
copo (first-person present singular)
copí (first-person preterite singular)
copat (participle past)
copar (infinitive)
copant (gerund)
copat (masculine participle past singular)
copada (feminine participle past singular)
copats (masculine participle past plural)
copades (feminine participle past plural)
copo (first-person indicative present singular)
copes (indicative present second-person singular)
copa (indicative present singular third-person)
copem (first-person indicative plural present)
copeu (indicative plural present second-person)
copen (indicative plural present third-person)
copava (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
copaves (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
copava (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
copàvem (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
copàveu (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
copaven (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
coparé (first-person future indicative singular)
coparàs (future indicative second-person singular)
coparà (future indicative singular third-person)
coparem (first-person future indicative plural)
copareu (future indicative plural second-person)
coparan (future indicative plural third-person)
copí (first-person indicative preterite singular)
copares (indicative preterite second-person singular)
copà (indicative preterite singular third-person)
copàrem (first-person indicative plural preterite)
copàreu (indicative plural preterite second-person)
coparen (indicative plural preterite third-person)
coparia (conditional first-person indicative singular)
coparies (conditional indicative second-person singular)
coparia (conditional indicative singular third-person)
coparíem (conditional first-person indicative plural)
coparíeu (conditional indicative plural second-person)
coparien (conditional indicative plural third-person)
copi (first-person present singular subjunctive)
copis (present second-person singular subjunctive)
copi (present singular subjunctive third-person)
copem (first-person plural present subjunctive)
copeu (plural present second-person subjunctive)
copin (plural present subjunctive third-person)
copés (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
copessis (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
copés (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
copéssim (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
copéssiu (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
copessin (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
copa (imperative second-person)
copi (formal imperative second-person-semantically singular)
copem (first-person imperative plural)
copeu (imperative plural second-person)
copin (formal imperative plural second-person-semantically)
no copis (imperative negative second-person)
no copi (formal imperative negative second-person-semantically singular)
no copem (first-person imperative negative plural)
no copeu (imperative negative plural second-person)
no copin (formal imperative negative plural second-person-semantically)


mà

Inherited from Old Catalan man, from Latin manus, from Proto-Italic *manus, perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *méh₂-r̥ ~ *mh₂-én-, derived from Proto-Indo-European *(s)meh₂- (“to beckon”), or perhaps from a Proto-Indo-European *mon-u- (see the Proto-Italic entry). Compare Occitan man, French main, Spanish mano.


cavall

Inherited from Late Latin caballus (“horse”), from Latin caballus (“pack horse”), of Gaulish origin.


tuti

Coordinate term: bescambrilla


carambola

Borrowed from Spanish carambola, from Malay karambal.


faraó

Learned borrowing from Late Latin Pharaō, from Ancient Greek Φαραώ (Pharaṓ).


fletxa

Inherited from Old Catalan flecha, from Old French fleche, from Vulgar Latin *fleccia, of Frankish origin.


argolla

Borrowed from Spanish argolla, from Arabic الغُلّ (al-ḡull).


solitari

Borrowed from Latin solitārius. Compare solter.


dard

From Medieval Latin dardus, from Frankish *darōþu (“dart, spear”).

dart (a small metal object used in the game of darts)


quadre

First attested in 1403. Borrowed from Latin quadrus. Compare the inherited doublet caire.


timba

From a pre-Roman root *timpa. Compare Italian timpa.


naip

→ Spanish: naipe
→ Portuguese: naipe

Uncertain, but likely ultimately from Arabic نَائِب (nāʔib, “deputy”), the second-highest court card in the Mamluk deck. Cognate with Italian naibi.
Alternative theories derive it from Arabic لَعِب (laʕib, “game”) or, with regard to the Islamic prohibition against card games, Arabic مَعِيب (maʕīb, “blameworthy”). These appear less likely, though interchange of sonorants occurs quite often in Ibero-Romance borrowings from Arabic.


petanca

Borrowed from French pétanque, from Occitan pès tancats (“closed feet”).


àbac

Borrowed from Latin abacus, abax; from Ancient Greek ἄβαξ (ábax, “board or slab”).


comerç

Borrowed from Latin commercium (“commerce”).


apuntador

ca-noun

apuntador m (plural apuntadors, feminine apuntadora)

apuntadors (plural)
apuntadora (feminine)


nivell

Inherited from Latin libella. Compare Spanish nivel and Portuguese nível.

(video games) level (value that quantifies a character's experience)


pòquer

Estava veient un campionat de pòquer.

2019, Colleen Cross, translated by Alicia Botella Juan and Slice Publishing, La bruixa de la sort. Un misteri paranormal de les bruixes de Westwick:


celada

From celar (“to hide”). Alternatively, the sense of "sallet" could be derived from Latin caelāta, the feminine of caelātus (“carved”).


canet

From ca + -et. In the sense of "five-cent coin", from the resemblance of the device of a lion to a dog. (Compare Castilian perra chica.) The card game takes its name from the coin.


videojoc

From video- + joc, a calque of English videogame.


enrocar

ca-verb

enrocar (first-person singular present enroco, first-person singular preterite enroquí, past participle enrocat); root stress: (Central, Valencia, Balearic) /ɔ/

enrocar (canonical)
root stress: (canonical)
ɔ (canonical)
enroco (first-person present singular)
enroquí (first-person preterite singular)
enrocat (participle past)
enrocar (infinitive)
enrocant (gerund)
enrocat (masculine participle past singular)
enrocada (feminine participle past singular)
enrocats (masculine participle past plural)
enrocades (feminine participle past plural)
enroco (first-person indicative present singular)
enroques (indicative present second-person singular)
enroca (indicative present singular third-person)
enroquem (first-person indicative plural present)
enroqueu (indicative plural present second-person)
enroquen (indicative plural present third-person)
enrocava (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
enrocaves (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
enrocava (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
enrocàvem (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
enrocàveu (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
enrocaven (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
enrocaré (first-person future indicative singular)
enrocaràs (future indicative second-person singular)
enrocarà (future indicative singular third-person)
enrocarem (first-person future indicative plural)
enrocareu (future indicative plural second-person)
enrocaran (future indicative plural third-person)
enroquí (first-person indicative preterite singular)
enrocares (indicative preterite second-person singular)
enrocà (indicative preterite singular third-person)
enrocàrem (first-person indicative plural preterite)
enrocàreu (indicative plural preterite second-person)
enrocaren (indicative plural preterite third-person)
enrocaria (conditional first-person indicative singular)
enrocaries (conditional indicative second-person singular)
enrocaria (conditional indicative singular third-person)
enrocaríem (conditional first-person indicative plural)
enrocaríeu (conditional indicative plural second-person)
enrocarien (conditional indicative plural third-person)
enroqui (first-person present singular subjunctive)
enroquis (present second-person singular subjunctive)
enroqui (present singular subjunctive third-person)
enroquem (first-person plural present subjunctive)
enroqueu (plural present second-person subjunctive)
enroquin (plural present subjunctive third-person)
enroqués (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
enroquessis (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
enroqués (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
enroquéssim (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
enroquéssiu (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
enroquessin (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
enroca (imperative second-person)
enroqui (formal imperative second-person-semantically singular)
enroquem (first-person imperative plural)
enroqueu (imperative plural second-person)
enroquin (formal imperative plural second-person-semantically)
no enroquis (imperative negative second-person)
no enroqui (formal imperative negative second-person-semantically singular)
no enroquem (first-person imperative negative plural)
no enroqueu (imperative negative plural second-person)
no enroquin (formal imperative negative plural second-person-semantically)


botifarra

→ Spanish: butifarra

From Late Latin buttis (“cask, wineskin”).

(uncountable, card games) a Catalan card game


parella

Substantivization of the feminine of Late Latin pariculus, diminutive of Latin pār. Compare Spanish pareja.

Una parella d'asos.

(card games) pair (set of two cards with equal rank, but not necessarily the same suit)


quina

a game similar to bingo frequently played around Christmastime


banquer

ca-noun

banquer m (plural banquers, feminine banquera)


fitxa

Borrowed from Spanish ficha, from French fiche.

(board games) counter, piece, (poker) chip, (dominos) domino


quintana

A term for various types of farm fields:

The cultivated field closest to a farmhouse.

(Valencia) A field adjoining a farmhouse or village.

farmyard (enclosed area surrounding a peasant cottage)


peó

Inherited from Late Latin pedōnem (literally “pedestrian”), derived from ped- (“foot”). Compare Spanish peón, French pion.


trèvol

→ Spanish: trébol

Inherited from Old Catalan trèvol, from Vulgar Latin *trifolum, alteration of Latin trifolium, calque of Ancient Greek τρίφυλλον (tríphullon, “clover”).


tafur

ca-noun

tafur m (plural tafurs, feminine tafura)

Borrowed from Arabic تَكْفُور (takfūr, “Armenian king”), from Middle Armenian թագւոր (tʻagwor, “king”), from Old Armenian թագաւոր (tʻagawor, “king”), from Parthian *tag(a)-bar (“king”, literally “crown bearing”).

der

a gambler, especially one who gambles professionally


bolig

Borrowed from Ancient Greek βολίδιον (bolídion), diminutive of βόλος (bólos).


llenya

Inherited from Old Catalan lenya, from Latin ligna, plural of lignum (compare Occitan lenha, Spanish leña, Italian legna), from Proto-Indo-European *leǵ-no- (“that which is collected”), from *leǵ-.


sabater

ca-adj

sabater (feminine sabatera, masculine plural sabaters, feminine plural sabateres)

sabatera (feminine)
sabaters (masculine plural)
sabateres (feminine plural)

He fet una partida sabatera.


bitlla

Uncertain. Possibly cognate with French bille, from Frankish *bikkil (“ossicle; die”).


bòlit

a Catalan and Valencian game similar to gilli-danda


gespa

Ultimately from Latin caespitem (“grassy field”).


flor imperial

ca-noun

flor imperial f (plural flors imperials)


escapçar

ca-verb

escapçar (first-person singular present escapço, first-person singular preterite escapcí, past participle escapçat)

escapço (first-person present singular)
escapcí (first-person preterite singular)
escapçat (participle past)
escapçar (infinitive)
escapçant (gerund)
escapçat (masculine participle past singular)
escapçada (feminine participle past singular)
escapçats (masculine participle past plural)
escapçades (feminine participle past plural)
escapço (first-person indicative present singular)
escapces (indicative present second-person singular)
escapça (indicative present singular third-person)
escapcem (first-person indicative plural present)
escapceu (indicative plural present second-person)
escapcen (indicative plural present third-person)
escapçava (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
escapçaves (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
escapçava (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
escapçàvem (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
escapçàveu (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
escapçaven (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
escapçaré (first-person future indicative singular)
escapçaràs (future indicative second-person singular)
escapçarà (future indicative singular third-person)
escapçarem (first-person future indicative plural)
escapçareu (future indicative plural second-person)
escapçaran (future indicative plural third-person)
escapcí (first-person indicative preterite singular)
escapçares (indicative preterite second-person singular)
escapçà (indicative preterite singular third-person)
escapçàrem (first-person indicative plural preterite)
escapçàreu (indicative plural preterite second-person)
escapçaren (indicative plural preterite third-person)
escapçaria (conditional first-person indicative singular)
escapçaries (conditional indicative second-person singular)
escapçaria (conditional indicative singular third-person)
escapçaríem (conditional first-person indicative plural)
escapçaríeu (conditional indicative plural second-person)
escapçarien (conditional indicative plural third-person)
escapci (first-person present singular subjunctive)
escapcis (present second-person singular subjunctive)
escapci (present singular subjunctive third-person)
escapcem (first-person plural present subjunctive)
escapceu (plural present second-person subjunctive)
escapcin (plural present subjunctive third-person)
escapcés (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
escapcessis (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
escapcés (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
escapcéssim (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
escapcéssiu (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
escapcessin (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
escapça (imperative second-person)
escapci (formal imperative second-person-semantically singular)
escapcem (first-person imperative plural)
escapceu (imperative plural second-person)
escapcin (formal imperative plural second-person-semantically)
no escapcis (imperative negative second-person)
no escapci (formal imperative negative second-person-semantically singular)
no escapcem (first-person imperative negative plural)
no escapceu (imperative negative plural second-person)
no escapcin (formal imperative negative plural second-person-semantically)

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *excapitiāre, from caput; influenced in form by capitium (source of cabeç).


picapedrell

From picapedra + -ell. So named from the cry of "Picapedrell, qui té l'anell?" ("Grey heron, who has the ring?"), which is the signal to begin the guessing phase of the game.

a children's game in which a ring is secretly passed from hand to hand until a signal is given to begin guessing and then one player has to guess which of the other players has it


entaular

ca-verb

entaular (first-person singular present entaulo, first-person singular preterite entaulí, past participle entaulat)

entaulo (first-person present singular)
entaulí (first-person preterite singular)
entaulat (participle past)
entaular (infinitive)
entaulant (gerund)
entaulat (masculine participle past singular)
entaulada (feminine participle past singular)
entaulats (masculine participle past plural)
entaulades (feminine participle past plural)
entaulo (first-person indicative present singular)
entaules (indicative present second-person singular)
entaula (indicative present singular third-person)
entaulem (first-person indicative plural present)
entauleu (indicative plural present second-person)
entaulen (indicative plural present third-person)
entaulava (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
entaulaves (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
entaulava (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
entaulàvem (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
entaulàveu (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
entaulaven (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
entaularé (first-person future indicative singular)
entaularàs (future indicative second-person singular)
entaularà (future indicative singular third-person)
entaularem (first-person future indicative plural)
entaulareu (future indicative plural second-person)
entaularan (future indicative plural third-person)
entaulí (first-person indicative preterite singular)
entaulares (indicative preterite second-person singular)
entaulà (indicative preterite singular third-person)
entaulàrem (first-person indicative plural preterite)
entaulàreu (indicative plural preterite second-person)
entaularen (indicative plural preterite third-person)
entaularia (conditional first-person indicative singular)
entaularies (conditional indicative second-person singular)
entaularia (conditional indicative singular third-person)
entaularíem (conditional first-person indicative plural)
entaularíeu (conditional indicative plural second-person)
entaularien (conditional indicative plural third-person)
entauli (first-person present singular subjunctive)
entaulis (present second-person singular subjunctive)
entauli (present singular subjunctive third-person)
entaulem (first-person plural present subjunctive)
entauleu (plural present second-person subjunctive)
entaulin (plural present subjunctive third-person)
entaulés (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
entaulessis (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
entaulés (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
entauléssim (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
entauléssiu (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
entaulessin (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
entaula (imperative second-person)
entauli (formal imperative second-person-semantically singular)
entaulem (first-person imperative plural)
entauleu (imperative plural second-person)
entaulin (formal imperative plural second-person-semantically)
no entaulis (imperative negative second-person)
no entauli (formal imperative negative second-person-semantically singular)
no entaulem (first-person imperative negative plural)
no entauleu (imperative negative plural second-person)
no entaulin (formal imperative negative plural second-person-semantically)

(board games, transitive) to set up, to start


escaquista

ca-noun

escaquista m or f by sense (plural escaquistes)


xarranca

From eixarrancar-se (“to spread the legs”).


tafurer

tafurer m (plural tafurers, feminine tafurera)

(derogatory) professional gambler, especially a sharp or hustler


tres en ratlla

From tres (“three”) + en (“in”) + ratlla (“line”).


marro de dotze

ca-noun

marro de dotze m (plural marros de dotze)


cavallfort

From cavall (“horse”) + fort (“strong”).

buck buck, Johnny-on-a-Pony (children's game)


bitlles de sis

a form of skittles played in the Catalan Countries with six bitlles, or pins, and three bitllots, which are used in place of balls to knock them over


bitllot

(bowling) in the sport of bitlles catalanes, a wooden pin used in place of a bowling ball to knock over a number of wooden skittles or bitlles


bitlles catalanes

From bitlles (“skittles”) + catalanes, feminine plural form of català (“Catalan”).

a form of skittles played in the Catalan Countries with six or nine bitlles, or pins


xarada

Borrowed from French charade, from Occitan charrada (“chatter”). Compare Catalan xerrada.


fer saltar la banca

ca-verb

fer saltar la banca (first-person singular present faig saltar la banca, first-person singular preterite fiu saltar la banca, past participle fet saltar la banca)

faig saltar la banca (first-person present singular)
fiu saltar la banca (first-person preterite singular)
fet saltar la banca (participle past)


ballaruga

[bə.ʎəˈɾu.ɣə]

teetotum (small top used in games of chance)


peó endarrerit

ca-noun

peó endarrerit m (plural peons endarrerits)


cucanya

Borrowed from Italian cuccagna, of uncertain origin.


escala de color

escala de color f (plural escales de color)


consola de joc

consola de joc f (plural consoles de joc)


patacó

milk cap (torn playing card used to play the eponymous children's game)


pinxar

ca-verb

pinxar (first-person singular present pinxo, first-person singular preterite pinxí, past participle pinxat)

pinxo (first-person present singular)
pinxí (first-person preterite singular)
pinxat (participle past)
pinxar (infinitive)
pinxant (gerund)
pinxat (masculine participle past singular)
pinxada (feminine participle past singular)
pinxats (masculine participle past plural)
pinxades (feminine participle past plural)
pinxo (first-person indicative present singular)
pinxes (indicative present second-person singular)
pinxa (indicative present singular third-person)
pinxem (first-person indicative plural present)
pinxeu (indicative plural present second-person)
pinxen (indicative plural present third-person)
pinxava (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
pinxaves (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
pinxava (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
pinxàvem (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
pinxàveu (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
pinxaven (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
pinxaré (first-person future indicative singular)
pinxaràs (future indicative second-person singular)
pinxarà (future indicative singular third-person)
pinxarem (first-person future indicative plural)
pinxareu (future indicative plural second-person)
pinxaran (future indicative plural third-person)
pinxí (first-person indicative preterite singular)
pinxares (indicative preterite second-person singular)
pinxà (indicative preterite singular third-person)
pinxàrem (first-person indicative plural preterite)
pinxàreu (indicative plural preterite second-person)
pinxaren (indicative plural preterite third-person)
pinxaria (conditional first-person indicative singular)
pinxaries (conditional indicative second-person singular)
pinxaria (conditional indicative singular third-person)
pinxaríem (conditional first-person indicative plural)
pinxaríeu (conditional indicative plural second-person)
pinxarien (conditional indicative plural third-person)
pinxi (first-person present singular subjunctive)
pinxis (present second-person singular subjunctive)
pinxi (present singular subjunctive third-person)
pinxem (first-person plural present subjunctive)
pinxeu (plural present second-person subjunctive)
pinxin (plural present subjunctive third-person)
pinxés (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
pinxessis (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
pinxés (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
pinxéssim (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
pinxéssiu (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
pinxessin (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
pinxa (imperative second-person)
pinxi (formal imperative second-person-semantically singular)
pinxem (first-person imperative plural)
pinxeu (imperative plural second-person)
pinxin (formal imperative plural second-person-semantically)
no pinxis (imperative negative second-person)
no pinxi (formal imperative negative second-person-semantically singular)
no pinxem (first-person imperative negative plural)
no pinxeu (imperative negative plural second-person)
no pinxin (formal imperative negative plural second-person-semantically)


trumfo

From Old Catalan triümfo, from Latin triumphus. Doublet of triomf.


campaneta la ning-ning

A children's game similar to hunt the thimble.


corretgeta

A children's game similar to hide the handkerchief in which the player who finds the handkerchief is allowed to whip the other players with it.


quatre sabaters

ca-noun

quatre sabaters m or m pl (sometimes plural only, in variation, invariable)

paper fortune teller
w:paper fortune teller


cel-infern

From cel (“heaven”) + infern (“hell”). Compare Italian inferno-paradiso and German Himmel oder Hölle.

A children's game played with a paper fortune teller.