Noun
gamble (plural gambles)
- A bet or wager.
I had a gamble on the horses last weekend.
- A significant risk, undertaken with a potential gain.
- A risky venture.
The sailors had taken many gambles with the sea and always won.
Translations
a risk undertaken with a potential gain
- Arabic: قِمَار m (qimār)
- Hijazi Arabic: قُمار m (gumār)
- Bulgarian: риск (bg) m (risk)
- Dutch: gok (nl) m
- Esperanto: hazardo (eo)
- Estonian: õnnemäng
- Finnish: uhkapeli (fi)
- French: pari (fr) m, jeu de hasard (fr) m
- Galician: aposta (gl) f, aventuranza f, envite (gl) m
- Georgian: აზარტული თამაში (azarṭuli tamaši), ავანტიურა (avanṭiura)
- German: Glücksspiel (de) n, Hazardspiel n
- Greek: στοίχημα (el) n (stoíchima)
- Hungarian: szerencsejáték (hu), hazárdjáték (hu)
- Ido: ludrisko
- Italian: scommessa (it) f
- Japanese: 賭け (ja) (かけ, kake), ギャンブル (ja) (gyanburu)
- Kurdish:
- Northern Kurdish: qumar (ku) f
- Macedonian: коцка f (kocka), комар m (komar)
- Malay: taruhan
- Persian: قمار (fa) (qomâr)
- Polish: hazard (pl) m
- Portuguese: aposta (pt) f
- Russian: аза́ртная игра́ (ru) f (azártnaja igrá), авантю́ра (ru) f (avantjúra)
- Spanish: apuesta (es) f
- Turkish: kumar (tr)
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Verb
gamble (third-person singular simple present gambles, present participle gambling, simple past and past participle gambled)
- To take a risk, with the potential of a positive outcome.
- To play risky games, especially casino games, for monetary gain.
Mark won half a million dollars gambling on horses.
- (transitive) To risk (something) for potential gain.
He gambled his reputation on the outcome.
- To interact with equipment at a casino.
Translations
to take a risk, with the potential of a positive outcome
- Arabic: قَامَرَ (qāmara)
- Bulgarian: рискувам (bg) (riskuvam)
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 賭博 / 赌博 (zh) (dǔbó), 賭錢 / 赌钱 (zh) (dǔqián)
- Czech: riskovat (cs)
- Dutch: gokken (nl)
- Esperanto: hazardi
- French: parier (fr), hasarder (fr)
- Galician: apostar (gl), aventurar (gl), arriscar (gl)
- Georgian: გარისკვა (garisḳva)
- German: spielen (de), spekulieren (de), (slang) zocken (de), hasardieren (de)
- Greek: στοιχηματίζω (el) (stoichimatízo)
- Hebrew: הימר (he) (himér)
- Ido: ludriskar
- Indonesian: bertaruh (id), mempertaruhkan (id)
- Italian: scommettere (it)
- Japanese: 賭ける (ja) (かける, kakeru)
- Javanese: main (jv)
- Kurdish:
- Northern Kurdish: qumar lîstin, qumar kirin (ku)
- Macedonian: се коцка (se kocka)
- Polish: ryzykować (pl)
- Portuguese: arriscar (pt)
- Russian: рискова́ть (ru) (riskovátʹ)
- Serbo-Croatian: kȍckati se (sh)
- Swedish: spela hasard
- Thai: พนัน (th) (pá-nan)
- Turkish: kumar oynamak
- Walloon: fé ene wadjeure (wa)
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to play risky games for monetary gain
- Albanian: please add this translation if you can
- Arabic: قَامَرَ (qāmara)
- Armenian: please add this translation if you can
- Basque: jokatu
- Bulgarian: играя комар (igraja komar)
- Burmese: ကစား (my) (ka.ca:)
- Cebuano: sugal
- Chinese:
- Cantonese: 賭錢 / 赌钱 (dou2 cin4-2)
- Mandarin: 賭博 / 赌博 (zh) (dǔbó), 賭錢 / 赌钱 (zh) (dǔqián)
- Dutch: gokken (nl), kansspelen bedrijven
- Esperanto: veti (eo), vetludi, monludi
- Finnish: uhkapelata, gämblätä
- Galician: apostar (gl)
- Georgian: აზარტული თამაშების თამაში (azarṭuli tamašebis tamaši)
- German: wetten (de), spielen (de), (slang) zocken (de)
- Hebrew: הימר (he) (himér)
- Hindi: please add this translation if you can
- Hungarian: szerencsejátékot játszik, hazardíroz (hu)
- Ido: ludriskar
- Indonesian: berjudi (id)
- Italian: scommettere (it)
- Japanese: 賭ける (ja) (かける, kakeru)
- Khmer: លេងល្បែង (leing lbaeng)
- Korean: please add this translation if you can
- Macanese: dále dôs mám
- Macedonian: се коцка (se kocka)
- Malay: judi (ms)
- Maori: purei moni, petipeti
- Persian: please add this translation if you can
- Polish: grać (pl)
- Portuguese: apostar (pt)
- Romanian: juca (ro), juca jocuri de noroc
- Russian: игра́ть в аза́ртные и́гры (igrátʹ v azártnyje ígry)
- Serbo-Croatian: kȍckati se (sh)
- Spanish: apostar (es), jugar (es), timbear (es) (South America), escolasear (River Plate), escolasar (Argentina)
- Swedish: spela hasard
- Thai: พนัน (th) (pá-nan)
- Turkish: kumar oynamak
- Vietnamese: đánh bạc (vi)
- Walloon: trimler (wa)
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(transitive) to risk something for potential gain
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