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jueves lardero: Fat Thursday
juey: blue land crab (Cardisoma guanhumi)
juez: judge; umpire; referee; official
juez de paz: justice of the peace
juez pedáneo: small-town judge, magistrate
jueza: female equivalent of juez (“judge”); wife of a judge
jugabilidad: playability (the property of being playable); gameplay (the totality of player experiences in a game)
jugable: playable
jugada: play, move, turn (an action carried out when it is one's turn to play); play; trick
jugada de elección: fielder's choice
jugado: experienced; lively
jugador: player; gambler
jugador de campo: outfield player
jugador de equipo: team player
jugadorazo: great player; a helluva player
jugar: to play; to risk, take a chance; to play (an instrument)
jugar a las cartas: to play cards
jugar al abejón con: to hold someone in low esteem, to not think much of someone; to treat someone with contempt; to mock someone
jugar bien sus bazas: to play one's cards right
jugar con fuego: to play with fire
jugar la última carta: to shoot one's load (expend one's resources)
jugar y nunca perder no puede ser: you win some, you lose some
jugarreta: prank; dirty trick
jugarse el pellejo: to risk one's life by doing something risky
jugarse el tipo: to risk life and limb; to risk one's neck
jugarse el todo por el todo: to go all in
jugarse la cabeza: to risk one's neck
jugarse todo a una carta: To put all one's eggs in one basket
juglar: minstrel; poet, reciter; jongleur
juglaresco: minstrel
juglaría: minstrelsy
jugo: juice (liquid from a plant); substance (the most vital part of something)
jugo gástrico: gastric juice
jugosamente: juicily, deliciously
jugosidad: juiciness
jugoso: juicy
juguera: electric juicer; Cuban form of juguería (“juicery”)
juguería: juicery
juguete: toy (something to play with)
juguete roto: a person who was once famous but is now forgotten or fallen out of fashion, specially if they have difficulties with finding a job or socializing with other people
juguete sexual: sex toy
juguetear: to play; to cavort; to fiddle; to toy
jugueteo: play; fiddling
juguetero: a toy hutch
juguetero: a toy vendor or toymaker
juguetería: toy shop
juguetonamente: playfully
juguetón: playful, frisky, frolicsome
jugársela: to take a risk, to take one's chances, to go for it; to play someone, to deceive someone, to play for a fool
jugárselo todo a una carta: to put all one's eggs in one basket
jugón: playmaker; gamer
juicio: good judgement; reason; opinion, judgment; judginess, judgmentalism; trial; verdict
juicio final: last judgment
juicio oral: oral trial; oral hearing
juiciosamente: judiciously
juicioso: judicious; wise
juida: run, hurry, lam
juil: A catfish of the genus Rhamdia, native to South and Central America.
juizio: obsolete spelling of juicio
jujeño: native or inhabitant of the city of San Salvador de Jujuy or surrounding Jujuy province, Argentina (usually male)