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gamble

UK:^*^*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈgæmb^əl/US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/ˈgæmbəl/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling(gam′bəl)

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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Inglés	Español
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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Compound Forms:
Inglés	Español
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:

In the English description:

bet - game - make a bet - place a bet - play - take a chance - take a flyer - take the risk

Spanish:

jugar

In Lists: Money terms, Card game terms, Casinos, more...

Synonyms: risk, chance, guesswork, speculation, leap in the dark, more...

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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