jugársela
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /xuˈɡaɾsela/ [xuˈɣ̞aɾ.se.la]
- Rhymes: -aɾsela
- Syllabification: ju‧gár‧se‧la
Verb
jugársela (first-person singular present me la juego, first-person singular preterite me la jugué, past participle la jugado)
- (idiomatic) to take a risk, to take one's chances, to go for it
- Vi la oportunidad y me la jugué
- I saw the opportunity and I went for it.
- (idiomatic) to play someone, to deceive someone
- ¡Eso no era lo que habíamos hablado! ¡Me la has jugado!
- That's not what we'd talked about! You played me!
Further reading
- “jugársela, o jugárselas a alguien”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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