droga

See also: Appendix:Variations of "droga"

Basque

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish droga.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /droɡa/ [d̪ro.ɣ̞a]

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -oɡa, -a
• Hyphenation: dro‧ga

Noun

droga inan

1. (dated) drug (substance used to treat an illness)
2. drug (psychoactive substance)

Declension

Declension of droga (inan a-stem)

	indefinite	singular	plural	proximal plural
absolutive	droga	droga	drogak	drogok
ergative	drogak	drogak	drogek	drogok
dative	drogari	drogari	drogei	drogoi
genitive	drogaren	drogaren	drogen	drogon
comitative	drogarekin	drogarekin	drogekin	drogokin
causative	drogarengatik	drogarengatik	drogengatik	drogongatik
benefactive	drogarentzat	drogarentzat	drogentzat	drogontzat
instrumental	drogaz	drogaz	drogez	drogotaz
innesive	drogatan	drogan	drogetan	drogotan
locative	drogatako	drogako	drogetako	drogotako
allative	drogatara	drogara	drogetara	drogotara
terminative	drogataraino	drogaraino	drogetaraino	drogotaraino
directive	drogatarantz	drogarantz	drogetarantz	drogotarantz
destinative	drogatarako	drogarako	drogetarako	drogotarako
ablative	drogatatik	drogatik	drogetatik	drogotatik
partitive	drogarik	—	—	—
prolative	drogatzat	—	—	—

Derived terms

• drogatu (“to take drugs”)
• drogazale (“drug addict”)
• drogazaletasun (“drug addiction”)

Further reading

• “droga”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language]
• “droga”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈdɾɔ.ɣə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈdɾɔ.ɣa]

• Audio (Barcelona):

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Etymology 1

Uncertain. Cognate with French drogue, English drug.

Noun

droga f (plural drogues)

1. drug

Derived terms

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

Further reading

• “droga” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
• “droga” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “droga”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
• “droga”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

Etymology 2

Verb

droga

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