color

Inherited from Old Spanish color, from Latin colōrem, singular accusative of color.


casino

(Chile) cafeteria, canteen (staff restaurant)


suerte

→ Bikol Central: suwerte

→ Cebuano: swerte

→ Tagalog: swerte

Inherited from Old Spanish suerte, from Latin sortem, from Proto-Italic *sortis, from Proto-Indo-European *ser- (“to bind”). Compare Portuguese sorte, Galician sorte.


juego

Inherited from Latin jocus, iocus.
Cognates include English joke, Occitan jòc, Catalan joc, French jeu, Portuguese jogo, and Italian gioco.


quiniela

Latin American/American Spanish, diminutive of quina (“double five”).

Voy a echar la quiniela.


escalera

escaleras (plural)
escalerita (diminutive)

Inherited from Old Spanish escalera, from Late Latin scālāria, from Latin scālae (“steps”). Compare English escalator, Asturian escalera, and Portuguese escaleira.


tahúr

Inherited from Old Spanish tafur, 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”). The first part goes back to Proto-Indo-European *teg-, the second part goes back to Proto-Indo-European *bʰer-. Cognate with Galician tafur, Portuguese taful and Turkish tekfur.


apostar

es-verb

apostar (first-person singular present apuesto, first-person singular preterite aposté, past participle apostado)

apuesto (first-person present singular)
aposté (first-person preterite singular)
apostado (participle past)
apostar (infinitive)
apostando (gerund)
apostado (masculine participle past singular)
apostada (feminine participle past singular)
apostados (masculine participle past plural)
apostadas (feminine participle past plural)
apuesto (first-person indicative present singular)
apuestas (indicative informal present second-person singular)
apostás (indicative informal present second-person singular vos-form)
apuesta (indicative present singular third-person)
apostamos (first-person indicative plural present)
apostáis (indicative plural present second-person)
apuestan (indicative plural present third-person)
apostaba (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
apostabas (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
apostaba (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
apostábamos (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
apostabais (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
apostaban (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
aposté (first-person indicative preterite singular)
apostaste (indicative preterite second-person singular)
apostó (indicative preterite singular third-person)
apostamos (first-person indicative plural preterite)
apostasteis (indicative plural preterite second-person)
apostaron (indicative plural preterite third-person)
apostaré (first-person future indicative singular)
apostarás (future indicative second-person singular)
apostará (future indicative singular third-person)
apostaremos (first-person future indicative plural)
apostaréis (future indicative plural second-person)
apostarán (future indicative plural third-person)
apostaría (conditional first-person indicative singular)
apostarías (conditional indicative second-person singular)
apostaría (conditional indicative singular third-person)
apostaríamos (conditional first-person indicative plural)
apostaríais (conditional indicative plural second-person)
apostarían (conditional indicative plural third-person)
apueste (first-person present singular subjunctive)
apuestes (informal present second-person singular subjunctive)
apostés (informal present second-person singular subjunctive vos-form)
apueste (present singular subjunctive third-person)
apostemos (first-person plural present subjunctive)
apostéis (plural present second-person subjunctive)
apuesten (plural present subjunctive third-person)
apostara (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
apostaras (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
apostara (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
apostáramos (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
apostarais (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
apostaran (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
apostase (first-person imperfect imperfect-se singular subjunctive)
apostases (imperfect imperfect-se second-person singular subjunctive)
apostase (imperfect imperfect-se singular subjunctive third-person)
apostásemos (first-person imperfect imperfect-se plural subjunctive)
apostaseis (imperfect imperfect-se plural second-person subjunctive)
apostasen (imperfect imperfect-se plural subjunctive third-person)
apostare (first-person future singular subjunctive)
apostares (future second-person singular subjunctive)
apostare (future singular subjunctive third-person)
apostáremos (first-person future plural subjunctive)
apostareis (future plural second-person subjunctive)
apostaren (future plural subjunctive third-person)
apuesta (imperative informal second-person singular)
apostá (imperative informal second-person singular vos-form)
apueste (formal imperative second-person-semantically singular third-person)
apueste (imperative singular third-person)
apostemos (first-person imperative plural)
apostad (imperative plural second-person)
apuesten (formal imperative plural second-person-semantically third-person)
apuesten (imperative plural third-person)
apuestes (imperative negative second-person singular)
apueste (formal imperative negative second-person-semantically singular third-person)
apueste (imperative negative singular third-person)
apostemos (first-person imperative negative plural)
apostéis (imperative negative plural second-person)
apuesten (formal imperative negative plural second-person-semantically third-person)
apuesten (imperative negative plural third-person)
apostarme (combined-form dative infinitive object-first-person object-singular)
apostarte (combined-form dative infinitive object-second-person object-singular)
apostarle (combined-form dative infinitive object-singular object-third-person)
apostarse (combined-form dative infinitive object-singular object-third-person)
apostarnos (combined-form dative infinitive object-first-person object-plural)
apostaros (combined-form dative infinitive object-plural object-second-person)
apostarles (combined-form dative infinitive object-plural object-third-person)
apostarse (combined-form dative infinitive object-plural object-third-person)
apostarme (accusative combined-form infinitive object-first-person object-singular)
apostarte (accusative combined-form infinitive object-second-person object-singular)
apostarlo (accusative combined-form infinitive object-singular object-third-person)
apostarla (accusative combined-form infinitive object-singular object-third-person)
apostarse (accusative combined-form infinitive object-singular object-third-person)
apostarnos (accusative combined-form infinitive object-first-person object-plural)
apostaros (accusative combined-form infinitive object-plural object-second-person)
apostarlos (accusative combined-form infinitive object-plural object-third-person)
apostarlas (accusative combined-form infinitive object-plural object-third-person)
apostarse (accusative combined-form infinitive object-plural object-third-person)
apostándome (combined-form dative gerund object-first-person object-singular)
apostándote (combined-form dative gerund object-second-person object-singular)
apostándole (combined-form dative gerund object-singular object-third-person)
apostándose (combined-form dative gerund object-singular object-third-person)
apostándonos (combined-form dative gerund object-first-person object-plural)
apostándoos (combined-form dative gerund object-plural object-second-person)
apostándoles (combined-form dative gerund object-plural object-third-person)
apostándose (combined-form dative gerund object-plural object-third-person)
apostándome (accusative combined-form gerund object-first-person object-singular)
apostándote (accusative combined-form gerund object-second-person object-singular)
apostándolo (accusative combined-form gerund object-singular object-third-person)
apostándola (accusative combined-form gerund object-singular object-third-person)
apostándose (accusative combined-form gerund object-singular object-third-person)
apostándonos (accusative combined-form gerund object-first-person object-plural)
apostándoos (accusative combined-form gerund object-plural object-second-person)
apostándolos (accusative combined-form gerund object-plural object-third-person)
apostándolas (accusative combined-form gerund object-plural object-third-person)
apostándose (accusative combined-form gerund object-plural object-third-person)
apuéstame (combined-form dative imperative informal object-first-person object-singular second-person singular with-tú)
apuéstate (combined-form dative imperative informal object-second-person object-singular second-person singular with-tú)
apuéstale (combined-form dative imperative informal object-singular object-third-person second-person singular with-tú)
apuéstanos (combined-form dative imperative informal object-first-person object-plural second-person singular with-tú)
apuéstales (combined-form dative imperative informal object-plural object-third-person second-person singular with-tú)
apuéstame (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-first-person object-singular second-person singular with-tú)
apuéstate (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-second-person object-singular second-person singular with-tú)
apuéstalo (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-singular object-third-person second-person singular with-tú)
apuéstala (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-singular object-third-person second-person singular with-tú)
apuéstanos (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-first-person object-plural second-person singular with-tú)
apuéstalos (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-plural object-third-person second-person singular with-tú)
apuéstalas (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-plural object-third-person second-person singular with-tú)
apostame (combined-form dative imperative informal object-first-person object-singular second-person singular with-vos)
apostate (combined-form dative imperative informal object-second-person object-singular second-person singular with-vos)
apostale (combined-form dative imperative informal object-singular object-third-person second-person singular with-vos)
apostanos (combined-form dative imperative informal object-first-person object-plural second-person singular with-vos)
apostales (combined-form dative imperative informal object-plural object-third-person second-person singular with-vos)
apostame (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-first-person object-singular second-person singular with-vos)
apostate (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-second-person object-singular second-person singular with-vos)
apostalo (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-singular object-third-person second-person singular with-vos)
apostala (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-singular object-third-person second-person singular with-vos)
apostanos (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-first-person object-plural second-person singular with-vos)
apostalos (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-plural object-third-person second-person singular with-vos)
apostalas (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-plural object-third-person second-person singular with-vos)
apuésteme (combined-form dative formal imperative object-first-person object-singular second-person singular)
apuéstele (combined-form dative formal imperative object-singular object-third-person second-person singular)
apuéstese (combined-form dative formal imperative object-singular object-third-person second-person singular)
apuéstenos (combined-form dative formal imperative object-first-person object-plural second-person singular)
apuésteles (combined-form dative formal imperative object-plural object-third-person second-person singular)
apuésteme (accusative combined-form formal imperative object-first-person object-singular second-person singular)
apuéstelo (accusative combined-form formal imperative object-singular object-third-person second-person singular)
apuéstela (accusative combined-form formal imperative object-singular object-third-person second-person singular)
apuéstese (accusative combined-form formal imperative object-singular object-third-person second-person singular)
apuéstenos (accusative combined-form formal imperative object-first-person object-plural second-person singular)
apuéstelos (accusative combined-form formal imperative object-plural object-third-person second-person singular)
apuéstelas (accusative combined-form formal imperative object-plural object-third-person second-person singular)
apostémoste (combined-form dative first-person imperative object-second-person object-singular plural)
apostémosle (combined-form dative first-person imperative object-singular object-third-person plural)
apostémonos (combined-form dative first-person imperative object-first-person object-plural plural)
apostémoos (combined-form dative first-person imperative object-plural object-second-person plural)
apostémosles (combined-form dative first-person imperative object-plural object-third-person plural)
apostémoste (accusative combined-form first-person imperative object-second-person object-singular plural)
apostémoslo (accusative combined-form first-person imperative object-singular object-third-person plural)
apostémosla (accusative combined-form first-person imperative object-singular object-third-person plural)
apostémonos (accusative combined-form first-person imperative object-first-person object-plural plural)
apostémoos (accusative combined-form first-person imperative object-plural object-second-person plural)
apostémoslos (accusative combined-form first-person imperative object-plural object-third-person plural)
apostémoslas (accusative combined-form first-person imperative object-plural object-third-person plural)
apostadme (combined-form dative imperative informal object-first-person object-singular plural second-person)
apostadle (combined-form dative imperative informal object-singular object-third-person plural second-person)
apostadnos (combined-form dative imperative informal object-first-person object-plural plural second-person)
apostaos (combined-form dative imperative informal object-plural object-second-person plural second-person)
apostadles (combined-form dative imperative informal object-plural object-third-person plural second-person)
apostadme (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-first-person object-singular plural second-person)
apostadlo (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-singular object-third-person plural second-person)
apostadla (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-singular object-third-person plural second-person)
apostadnos (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-first-person object-plural plural second-person)
apostaos (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-plural object-second-person plural second-person)
apostadlos (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-plural object-third-person plural second-person)
apostadlas (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-plural object-third-person plural second-person)
apuéstenme (combined-form dative formal imperative object-first-person object-singular plural second-person)
apuéstenle (combined-form dative formal imperative object-singular object-third-person plural second-person)
apuéstennos (combined-form dative formal imperative object-first-person object-plural plural second-person)
apuéstenles (combined-form dative formal imperative object-plural object-third-person plural second-person)
apuéstense (combined-form dative formal imperative object-plural object-third-person plural second-person)
apuéstenme (accusative combined-form formal imperative object-first-person object-singular plural second-person)
apuéstenlo (accusative combined-form formal imperative object-singular object-third-person plural second-person)
apuéstenla (accusative combined-form formal imperative object-singular object-third-person plural second-person)
apuéstennos (accusative combined-form formal imperative object-first-person object-plural plural second-person)
apuéstenlos (accusative combined-form formal imperative object-plural object-third-person plural second-person)
apuéstenlas (accusative combined-form formal imperative object-plural object-third-person plural second-person)
apuéstense (accusative combined-form formal imperative object-plural object-third-person plural second-person)

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *appositāre, from Latin appositus.


apuesta

bet, wager (an agreement between two parties that a stake (usually money) will be paid by the loser to the winner)


timba

a gambling match, an instance of playing a game of chance

an unofficial or illegal gambling establishment or casino

(colloquial, Mexico, Central America) belly


apostador

es-noun

apostador m (plural apostadores, feminine apostadora, feminine plural apostadoras)

apostadores (plural)
apostadora (feminine)
apostadoras (feminine plural)


escalera de color

escalera de color f (plural escaleras de color)


garito

Cervantes nunca olvidó el juego, sus trampas y sus actores. Astrana dedica páginas a su conocimiento de los juegos y su afición. Documenta alguna fortuna conseguida en los garitos que le permitió pagar deudas y fianzas, vivir en “hotel lujoso” y hasta hacer préstamos.

2016 February 27, Javier Rioyo, “Cervantes en el garito”, in El País:

gambling den, gambling house (especially an illicit one)


perinola

(Latin America) a kind of spinning top, usually with six sides, used for betting games


cachito

(familiar, Mexico) twentieth of a lottery ticket


ludopatía

From Latin ludus (“game”) + -patía (“-pathy”).


escalera real

escalera real f (plural escaleras reales)


flor imperial

flor imperial f (plural flores imperiales)


chingolingo

[t͡ʃĩŋ.ɡoˈlĩŋ.ɡo]

Unknown. Likely a reduplication of chingo.

¡Que vayan los diputados al chingolingo y á la ruleta á que me les desplumen y que vean así prácticamente los efectos de sus leyes!

1901, Mariano Zeceña, Plumadas, Guatemala: Siguere & Cia., page 136:

Let the deputies come to the dice game of chance and roulette, for them to be robbed and so they will notice practically the effects of their laws!

(gambling, Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador) a carnival game of chance, commonly played by guesing the result of thrown dice, or by dropping a marble on a board with red and black holes, or with figures drawn on the holes; there are several variations with slight changes