gamble

UK:*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈgæmbəl/US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/ˈgæmbəl/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling(gambəl)

Inflections of 'gamble' (v): (⇒ conjugate)
gambles
v 3rd person singular
gambling
v pres p
gambled
v past
gambled
v past p
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WordReference English-Spanish Dictionary © 2025:

Principal Translations
InglésEspañol
gamble vi (place bets)apostar vi
  jugar vi
 I rarely gamble, but I couldn't resist placing a bet on that horse.
 Raramente apuesto, pero no pude evitar hacer una apuesta por ese caballo.
gamble on [sth] vi + prep (place bets on)apostar en, apostar a vi + prep
  jugar a vi + prep
 Alan is addicted to the thrill he gets from gambling on the throw of a dice.
 Alan es adicto a la adrenalina que le da apostar en los dados.
gamble [sth] vtr (wager in a game of chance)apostar vtr
  jugar vtr
 The woman gambled her life savings in the casino and lost everything.
 La mujer apostó los ahorros de toda su vida en el casino y perdió todo.
gamble [sth] on [sth] vtr + prep (bet or risk [sth] on)apostar algo en vtr + prep
 Ed gambled his car on a poker game and lost.
 Ed apostó su coche en un juego de póker y perdió.
gamble vi figurative (take a chance)arriesgarse v prnl
  (coloquial)jugársela loc verb
 That's a big risk to take with your business; you shouldn't gamble unless you are sure you can afford the losses if it goes wrong.
 Ese es un gran riesgo para tu negocio, no deberías arriesgarte a menos que estés seguro de poder costear las pérdidas si las cosas salen mal.
gamble on [sth] vi + prep figurative (take a chance on) (estar seguro)apostar a vi + prep
  (confiar, arriesgarse)apostar por v prnl + prep
 I'd like to get to the station at least thirty minutes early; I don't want to gamble on the train being late.
 When you gamble on the weather you don't always win.
 Me gustaría llegar a la estación al menos treinta minutos antes; no quiero apostar a que el tren se retrase.
 Cuando uno se apuesta por el tiempo que va a hacer, no siempre gana.
gamble with [sth] vi + prep figurative (take risks)jugar con vi + prep
  poner en riesgo loc verb
 Hughes accused the government of allowing bankers to gamble with people's futures.
 Hughes acusó al Gobierno de permitir a los banqueros jugar con el futuro de la gente.
gamble n figurative, informal ([sth] risky) (figurado)apuesta nf
  riesgo nm
 Setting up a new business in a slow economy is a gamble.
 Abrir un negocio en una economía débil es una apuesta.
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WordReference English-Spanish Dictionary © 2025:

Compound Forms:
InglésEspañol
gamble [sth] away vtr + adv (lose through gambling)jugarse v prnl
  (apuesta)perder vtr
 He has gambled away next month's rent money.
 Su mujer lo dejó después de que se jugara todos sus ahorros en el hipódromo.
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'gamble' aparece también en las siguientes entradas:
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Collocations: the gamble paid off (in the end), really took a gamble [trying, doing, going], really took a gamble when she [tried], more...

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