droga

See also: Appendix:Variations of "droga"

Basque

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *dʰer-der.

Proto-Indo-European *dʰrewgʰ-der.

Proto-Germanic *draugiz

Proto-West Germanic *draugī

Old Dutch *drōgi

Middle Dutch drogeder.

Middle French drogue

French droguebor.

Spanish drogabor.

Basque droga

Borrowed from Spanish droga.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /droɡa/ [d̪ro.ɣ̞a]

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• Rhymes: -oɡa, -a
• Hyphenation: dro‧ga

Noun

droga inan

1. (dated) drug (substance used to treat an illness)
2. drug (psychoactive substance)

Declension

Declension of droga (inan a-stem)

	indefinite	singular	plural	proximal plural
absolutive	droga	droga	drogak	drogok
ergative	drogak	drogak	drogek	drogok
dative	drogari	drogari	drogei	drogoi
genitive	drogaren	drogaren	drogen	drogon
comitative	drogarekin	drogarekin	drogekin	drogokin
causative	drogarengatik	drogarengatik	drogengatik	drogongatik
benefactive	drogarentzat	drogarentzat	drogentzat	drogontzat
instrumental	drogaz	drogaz	drogez	drogotaz
inessive	drogatan	drogan	drogetan	drogotan
locative	drogatako	drogako	drogetako	drogotako
allative	drogatara	drogara	drogetara	drogotara
terminative	drogataraino	drogaraino	drogetaraino	drogotaraino
directive	drogatarantz	drogarantz	drogetarantz	drogotarantz
destinative	drogatarako	drogarako	drogetarako	drogotarako
ablative	drogatatik	drogatik	drogetatik	drogotatik
partitive	drogarik	—	—	—
prolative	drogatzat	—	—	—

Derived terms

• drogatu (“to take drugs”)
• drogazale (“drug addict”)
• drogazaletasun (“drug addiction”)

Further reading

• “droga”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language]
• “droga”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern) [ˈdɾo̞.ɣə]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic, Central) [ˈdɾɔ.ɣə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia, Northwestern) [ˈdɾɔ.ɣa]

• Audio (Barcelona):

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Etymology 1

Uncertain. Cognate with French drogue, English drug.

Noun

droga f (plural drogues)

1. drug

Derived terms

• adroguer
• drogar
• drogat
• drogoaddicte
• drogodependent
• droguer

Further reading

• Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “droga”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan)
• “droga” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “droga”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026
• “droga”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

Etymology 2

Verb

droga

1. inflection of drogar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Czech

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *dʰer-der.

Proto-Indo-European *dʰrewgʰ-der.

Proto-Germanic *draugiz

Proto-West Germanic *draugī

Old Dutch *drōgi

Middle Dutch drogeder.

Middle French drogue

French drogue

German Drogebor.

Czech droga

Borrowed from German Droge, from French drogue. First attested in the 19th century.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈdroɡa]

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Noun

droga f (relational adjective drogový)

1. drug, recreational drug (illegal or intoxicating)

Declension

Declension of droga (hard feminine)

	singular	plural
nominative	droga	drogy
genitive	drogy	drog
dative	droze	drogám
accusative	drogu	drogy
vocative	drogo	drogy
locative	droze	drogách
instrumental	drogou	drogami

Derived terms

• protidrogový

Further reading

• “droga”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “droga”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “droga”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2026

Galician

Verb

droga

1. inflection of drogar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Interlingua

Noun

droga (plural drogas)

1. drug (medical drug or recreational drug)

Italian

FWOTD – 25 October 2025

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdrɔ.ɡa/
• Rhymes: -ɔɡa
• Hyphenation: drò‧ga

Etymology 1

Attested from the 1560s; ultimately from Middle Dutch drôge (“dry”), perhaps through Middle French drogue (c. 1462); see etymology at drug.

Noun

droga f (plural droghe)

1. (cooking) spice

   Synonym: spezia

   Per questa ricetta servono diverse droghe come pepe, noce moscata e chiodi di garofano.

   This recipe requires various spices such as pepper, nutmeg, and cloves.

2. (pharmacology) a natural (animal, vegetal or mineral) drug

   Hyponyms: medicina, medicamento

   La digitale è una droga vegetale che contiene principi attivi utilizzati per curare disturbi cardiaci.

   Digitalis is a vegetal drug that contains active compounds used to treat heart conditions.

3. drug

   Synonym: stupefacente

   • 2008, Fratello Metallo, “Bacco”, in Misteri:

     L'alcol è droga! L'alcol è droga e morte!

     Alcohol is a drug! Alcohol is a drug and death!

   • 2012, Ferran Adrià, Valentin Fuster, Josep Corbella, La buona cucina della salute, page 237:

     Le ragazze hanno ben chiaro che la marijuana non è una droga leggera.

     The girls understood pretty clearly that marijuana is not a light drug.

Derived terms

• drogare
• drogheria
• droghiere
• droghista

Related terms

• drogarsi
• drogato

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

droga

1. inflection of drogare:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “droga”, in Vocabolario Treccani on line (in Italian), Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana, 2026

Anagrams

• Grado, drago, dragò, godrà, grado

Kashubian

Alternative forms

• darga (archaic)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *dòrga.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdrɔ.ɡa/
• Rhymes: -ɔɡa
• Syllabification: dro‧ga

Noun

droga f (diminutive dróżka, augmentative drodzëskò or drożëszcze, related adjective drogòwi or drożny)

1. road, way; path (way used for travelling between places)
2. way (direction of movement)

Further reading

• Stefan Ramułt (1893), “droga”, in Słownik języka pomorskiego czyli kaszubskiego (in Kashubian), page 30
• Eùgeniusz Gòłąbk (2011), “droga”, in Słownik Polsko-Kaszubski / Słowôrz Pòlskò-Kaszëbsczi‎^[2], volume 1, page 331
• “droga”, in Internetowi Słowôrz Kaszëbsczégò Jãzëka [Internet Dictionary of the Kashubian Language], Fundacja Kaszuby, 2022

Lower Sorbian

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *dorga.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdrɔɡa/

Noun

droga f (diminutive drožka)

1. street
2. road

Declension

Declension of droga

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	droga	droze	drogi
genitive	drogi	drogowu	drogow
dative	droze	drogoma	drogam
accusative	drogu	droze	drogi
instrumental	drogu	drogoma	drogami
locative	droze	drogoma	drogach

Derived terms

• drogac
• drogarnistwo
• drogaŕ
• drogotwaŕ
• drogowaś
• drogowcyk
• drogownistwo
• drogupokazowaŕ
• drogurubaŕ
• drožcycka
• drožycka

References

• Gunter Schaarschmidt, A Historical Phonology of the Upper and Lower Sorbian Languages (1998), page 45: USo dróha 'road', also droha, LSo droga;

Etymology 2

Borrowed from German Droge, from French drogue, from Middle Low German droge (“dry”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdrɔwɡa/, [ˈdrowɡa]

Noun

droga f

1. drug

Declension

Declension of droga

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	droga	droze	drogi
genitive	drogi	drogowu	drogow
dative	droze	drogoma	drogam
accusative	drogu	droze	drogi
instrumental	drogu	drogoma	drogami
locative	droze	drogoma	drogach

Derived terms

• drogerija
• drogist
• drogowy

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdrɔɡa/

Adjective

droga

1. feminine nominative singular of drogi

Further reading

• Muka, Arnošt (1921, 1928), “droga”, in Słownik dolnoserbskeje rěcy a jeje narěcow (in German), St. Petersburg, Prague: ОРЯС РАН, ČAVU; Reprinted Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag, 2008
• Starosta, Manfred (1999), “droga”, in Dolnoserbsko-nimski słownik / Niedersorbisch-deutsches Wörterbuch (in German), Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• drogen

Noun

droga m or f

1. definite feminine singular of droge

Old Polish

Alternative forms

• dróga

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *dòrga. First attested in the 14th century.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (10^th–15^th CE) /drɔɡa/
• IPA^(key): (15^th CE) /drɔɡa/

Noun

droga f

1. (attested in Lesser Poland, Greater Poland) road, way; path (way used for travelling between places)
   • c. 1301-1350, Kazania świętokrzyskie‎^{scan transliteration, transcription}, Miechów, page br 22:

     Slepy... sedese... podle drogy

     [Ślepy... siedziesze... podle drogi]

   • 1916 [second half of the 15th century], Stanisław Słoński, editor, Psałterz puławski‎^{scan transliteration, transcription}, number Hab 23, Greater Poland:

     Drogy vczynyl yes w morzu konyom twoym w blocze wod wyelya (viam fecisti in mari equis tuis in luto aquarum multarum Hab 3, 15)

     [Drogę uczynił jeś w morzu koniom twoim w błocie wod wiela (viam fecisti in mari equis tuis in luto aquarum multarum Hab 3, 15)]

   • 1901 [1471], Materiały i Prace Komisji Językowej Akademii Umiejętności w Krakowie, volume V, page 87:

     Droga, stopa vestigium (beatus, qui in istis versatur bonis: ... Si enim haec fecerit, ad omnia valebit, quia lux dei vestigium eius est Ecclus 50, 31)

     [Droga, stopa vestigium (beatus, qui in istis versatur bonis: ... Si enim haec fecerit, ad omnia valebit, quia lux dei vestigium eius est Ecclus 50, 31)]

   • 1868 [1492], Akta grodzkie i ziemskie z czasów Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej : z archiwum tak zwanego bernardyńskiego we Lwowie w skutek fundacyi śp. Alexandra hr. Stadnickiego‎^[3], volume XIX (quotation in Old Polish; overall work in Polish, Latin, and Old Polish), page 540:

     Pervenimus in viam slodzeyska droga

     [Pervenimus in viam złodziejska droga]

2. (attested in Lesser Poland) way (manner of doing things)
   • Beginning of the 15th century, Łukasz z Wielkiego Koźmina, Kazania gnieźnieńskie‎^{transliteration, transcription}, Krakow, page 171b:

     Fftorecz mamy chouacz thy to dary, chosz szø nam darmo dany vkaszugøcz nam gednø drogø, gøsz mamy do krolefstwa nebeskego przicz

     [Wtoreć mamy chować ty to dary, coż są nam darmo dany, ukazując nam jednę drogę, jąż mamy do krolewstwa niebieskiego przyć]

3. (attested in Lesser Poland, Masovia) passage, via
   • End of the 14th century, Spowiedź powszechna - Confessio generalis, number 1:

     Szpowadami szø..., yszeszmi... podrosznika na nocz ne polozili any yemw drogy ne wkazali

     [Spowiadamy się..., iżesmy... podrożnika na noc nie położyli ani jemu drogi nie ukazali]

   • 1939 [end of the 14th century], Ryszard Ganszyniec, Witold Taszycki, Stefan Kubica, Ludwik Bernacki, editors, Psałterz florjański łacińsko-polsko-niemiecki [Sankt Florian Psalter]‎^{scan transliteration, transcription}, numbers 77, 55, Krakow: Zakład Narodowy imienia Ossolińskich, z zasiłkiem Sejmu Śląskiego [The Ossoliński National Institute: with the benefit of the Silesian Parliament]:

     Drogø vczinil sczdze gnewu swemu (viam fecit semitae irae suae)

     [Drogę uczynił scdze gniewu swego (viam fecit semitae irae suae)]

   • 1895 [1448–1450], Mikołaj Suled, edited by Franciszek Piekosiński, Tłumaczenia polskie statutów ziemskich, Kodeks Świętosławów, Warka, page 19:

     Przeczywko kvpyąnczemv dzedzyną blyszszy do trzech lyaath... czynycz maya, bo potheem dawnoscz gym drogą zastąnpy (alias praescriptio eis obviabit)

     [Przeciwko kupiącemu dziedzinę bliższy do trzech lat... czynić mają, bo potem dawność jim drogę zastąpi (alias praescriptio eis obviabit)]

4. distance
   • 1930 [c. 1455], “Ex”, in Ludwik Bernacki, editor, Biblia królowej Zofii (Biblia szaroszpatacka)‎^{transliteration, transcription}, 8, 27:

     Drogøø trzech dny mami gidz na puszczyøø (viam trium dierum pergemus in solitudinem), a tu offyerowacz bødzemy panu bogu naszemu

     [Drogę trzech dni mamy jić na puszczą (viam trium dierum pergemus in solitudinem) a tu ofierować będziemy Panu Bogu naszemu]

5. (attested in Lesser Poland) journey, trip, travel
   • 1939 [end of the 14th century], Ryszard Ganszyniec, Witold Taszycki, Stefan Kubica, Ludwik Bernacki, editors, Psałterz florjański łacińsko-polsko-niemiecki [Sankt Florian Psalter]‎^{scan transliteration, transcription}, number 79,10, Krakow: Zakład Narodowy imienia Ossolińskich, z zasiłkiem Sejmu Śląskiego [The Ossoliński National Institute: with the benefit of the Silesian Parliament]:

     Vodz drogi bil ies w obezrzeniu iey (dux itineris fuisti in conspectu eius)

     [Wodz drogi był jeś w obeźrzeniu jej (dux itineris fuisti in conspectu eius)]

6. The meaning of this term is uncertain. Possibilities include:
   1. vestige, remnant, trace
      • 1901 [1471], Materiały i Prace Komisji Językowej Akademii Umiejętności w Krakowie, volume V, page 13:

        Droga vestigium (et ecce has sequebantur aliae septem boves..., quae devoratis et consumptis prioribus, nullum saturitatis dedere vestigium, sed simili macie et squalore torpebant Gen 41, 21)

        [Droga vestigium (et ecce has sequebantur aliae septem boves..., quae devoratis et consumptis prioribus, nullum saturitatis dedere vestigium, sed simili macie et squalore torpebant Gen 41, 21)]

7. probably a corruption of dęga; rainbow
   • 1901 [1471], Materiały i Prace Komisji Językowej Akademii Umiejętności w Krakowie, volume V, page 87:

     Drogą arcus (et quasi sol refulgens, sic ille effulsit in templo dei, quasi arcus refulgens inter nebulas gloriae et quasi flos rosarum in diebus vernis Ecclus 50, 8)

     [Droga arcus (et quasi sol refulgens, sic ille effulsit in templo dei, quasi arcus refulgens inter nebulas gloriae et quasi flos rosarum in diebus vernis Ecclus 50, 8)]

8. corruption
   • 1930 [c. 1455], “Deut”, in Ludwik Bernacki, editor, Biblia królowej Zofii (Biblia szaroszpatacka)‎^{transliteration, transcription}, 19, 3:

     Zrownasz pilnye drogø zemye, a na trzi drogy (pro części) rownye wszitkø kragina twø rosdzelisz (sternens diligenter viam et in tres aequaliter partes totam terrae tuae provinciam divides, Biblia ołomuniecka: zrownasz pilnye cziestu zemy, a na trzy cziesty rownye... rozdyelisz)

     [Zrownasz pilnie drogę ziemie a na trzy drogi rownie wszytkę krajinę twą rozdzielisz (sternens diligenter viam et in tres aequaliter partes totam terrae tuae provinciam divides, Biblia ołomuniecka: zrownasz pilnye cziestu zemy, a na trzy cziesty rownye... rozdyelisz)]

Descendants

• Polish: droga
• Silesian: (through dróga) drōga

References

• Boryś, Wiesław (2005), “droga”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego (in Polish), Kraków: Wydawnictwo Literackie, →ISBN
• Sławski, Franciszek (1958-1965), “droga”, in Jan Safarewicz, Andrzej Siudut, editors, Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego [Etymological dictionary of the Polish language] (in Polish), Kraków: Towarzystwo Miłośników Języka Polskiego
• Bańkowski, Andrzej (2000), “droga”, in Etymologiczny słownik języka polskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish)
• Bożena Sieradzka-Baziur, et al., editors (2011–2015), “droga”, in Słownik pojęciowy języka staropolskiego [Conceptual Dictionary of Old Polish] (in Polish), Kraków: IJP PAN, →ISBN

Polish

Etymology 1

Etymology tree

Proto-Slavic *dòrga

Old Polish droga

Polish droga

Inherited from Old Polish droga.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ˈdrɔ.ɡa/

• (Middle Polish) IPA^(key): /ˈdrɔ.ɡa/
• (Masovia):
  • (Near Masovian) IPA^(key): [ˈdrɔ.ɡa]
  • (Podlachia) IPA^(key): [ˈdrɔ.ɡa]
• (Borderlands):
  • (Northern Borderlands) IPA^(key): [ˈdrɔ.ɡa]

• Audio 1:

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• Audio 2:

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• Rhymes: -ɔɡa
• Syllabification: dro‧ga

Noun

droga f (diminutive dróżka or (dialectal) dróżenka or (dialectal) drożyca or (dialectal) drożyna, augmentative (dialectal) drózisko)

1. road (surface with asphalt or concrete and designed to accommodate many vehicles travelling in both directions)
   1. (Podlachia) village road
2. road, way; path; directions (way used for travelling between places)

   Synonym: trasa

3. journey, trip, travel

   Synonyms: podróż, wędrówka

4. way; road (series of events and actions that give a certain effect) [with do (+ genitive) ‘to what’]

   Synonym: ścieżka

5. (bureaucracy) way; recourse (manner of doing things set by regulations)
6. (technology) road; highway (means of connecting devices so that they may intercommunicate)
7. (anatomy) tract (series of connected body organs, such as the digestive tract)
8. way; path (course of someone's life, related to professional activity or interests)
9. way (manner of behaving)
10. (Podlachia, Kuzawka, Northern Borderlands, Brest, Neman river) depth of a river; flow
11. (Near Masovian, Radzyń Podlaski County) type of pattern on a pysanka
12. (obsolete) description of a trip
13. (obsolete, astronomy) orbit of a planet
14. (obsolete, physics) distance travelled by a body
15. (Middle Polish, law) legal process; court

Declension

Declension of droga

	singular	plural
nominative	droga	drogi
genitive	drogi	dróg
dative	drodze	drogom
accusative	drogę	drogi
instrumental	drogą	drogami
locative	drodze	drogach
vocative	drogo	drogi

Alternative forms

• dróga (Middle Polish, Far Masovian, Ciechanów, Sieradz, Wieluń, Western Kraków, Sosnowiec, Lasovia, Sandomierz, Przemyśl)
• drôga, druga (Lasovia, Sandomierz)

Derived terms

adjectives

• drogowy
• przydrożny

adverbs

• drogą
• po drodze
• w drodze
• w drodze łaski
• w drodze wyjątku

idioms

• co na drodze, to nieprzyjaciel
• komu w drogę, temu czas
• kto drogi skraca, ten do domu nie wraca
• wstąpił do piekieł, po drodze mu było
• wszystkie drogi prowadzą do Rzymu

interjection

• szerokiej drogi

nouns

• bezdroże
• droga ekspresowa
• droga kołowa
• droga krajowa
• droga krzyżowa
• Droga Mleczna
• droga na skróty
• droga podporządkowana
• droga przez mękę
• droga wolna
• film drogi
• ostatnia droga
• podróż
• rozbój na prostej drodze
• rozbój na równej drodze
• rozdroże
• zawalidroga

particles

• krzyżyk na drogę
• swoją drogą

phrases

• dziecko w drodze
• kpisz, czy o drogę pytasz

preposition

• na drodze

verbs

• być na dobrej drodze impf
• chodzić własnymi drogami impf
• chodzić własnymi drogami impf
• czuć się jak groch przy drodze impf
• drogi przecięły się pf, drogi przecinają się impf
• drogi rozeszły się pf, drogi rozchodzą się impf
• nadrobić drogi pf, nadrabiać drogi impf
• pójść prostą drogą pf, iść prostą drogą impf
• pójść swoją drogą pf, iść swoją drogą impf
• prowadzić prostą drogą impf
• schodzić komuś z drogi impf
• stać na drodze impf
• stanąć na drodze pf, stawać na drodze impf
• stanąć na drodze pf, stawać na drodze impf
• wsejść w drogę pf, wchodzić w drogę impf
• wstąpić na drogę pf, wstępować na drogę impf
• zajechać drogę pf, zajeżdżać drogę impf
• zastąpić drogę pf, zastępować drogę impf
• zatrzymać się w pół drogi pf, zatrzymuować się w pół drogi impf
• zawrócić z drogi pf, zawracać z drogi impf
• zejść na drogę pf, schodzić na drogę impf

Trivia

According to Słownik frekwencyjny polszczyzny współczesnej (1990), droga is one of the most used words in Polish, appearing 67 times in scientific texts, 61 times in news, 93 times in essays, 92 times in fiction, and 53 times in plays, each out of a corpus of 100,000 words, totaling 366 times, making it the 136th most common word in a corpus of 500,000 words.

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ˈdrɔ.ɡa/

• (Middle Polish) IPA^(key): /ˈdrɔ.ɡɒ/

• Audio 1:

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• Audio 2:

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• Rhymes: -ɔɡa
• Syllabification: dro‧ga

Adjective

droga

1. nominative/vocative feminine singular of drogi

Further reading

• “droga”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎^[4] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• “droga”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎^[5] (in Polish)
• Maria Renata Mayenowa, et al., editors (2010-2023), “droga”, in Słownik Polszczyzny XVI Wieku [A Dictionary of 16th Century Polish]
• “DROGA”, in Elektroniczny Słownik Języka Polskiego XVII i XVIII Wieku [Electronic Dictionary of the Polish Language of the XVII and XVIII Century], 26.10.2022
• Samuel Bogumił Linde (1807–1814), “droga”, in Słownik języka polskiego
• Aleksander Zdanowicz (1861), “droga”, in Słownik języka polskiego, Wilno 1861
• J. Karłowicz, A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1900), “droga”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), volume 1, Warsaw, page 559
• Jan Karłowicz (1900), “droga”, in Słownik gwar polskich [Dictionary of Polish dialects] (in Polish), volume 1: A do E, Kraków: Akademia Umiejętności, page 372

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈdɾɔ.ɡɐ/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈdɾɔ.ɡɐ/ [ˈdɾɔ.ɣɐ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈdɾɔ.ɡɐ/ [ˈdɾɔ.ɣɐ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈdɾɔ.ɡɐ/

• Hyphenation: dro‧ga

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Etymology 1

From French drogue, from Middle French drogue, from Old French drogue, from drocgue, possibly from Middle Dutch droge (“dry”).

Noun

droga f (plural drogas)

1. drug (substance used to treat an illness or relieve a symptom)

   Synonyms: fármaco, mezinha, remédio, medicamento

2. drug (psychoactive substance, especially one which is illegal and addictive)
3. (Brazil, informal) crap (something of poor quality)

   Synonyms: bosta, lixo, merda, porcaria

   Essa droga não funciona!

   That crap doesn't work!

Derived terms

• drogar
• drogaria
• drogas do sertão

Interjection

droga!

1. (Brazil) damn! (expresses anger or irritation)

   Synonyms: (vulgar) bosta, (vulgar) merda, porcaria, meleca

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

droga

1. inflection of drogar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “droga”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “droga”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French droguer. By surface analysis, drog + -a.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /droˈɡa/

Verb

a droga (third-person singular present droghează, past participle drogat) 1st conjugation

1. to drug

Conjugation

    conjugation of droga (first conjugation, -ez- infix)

infinitive			a droga
gerund			drogând
past participle			drogat
number		singular			plural
person		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		eu	tu	el/ea	noi	voi	ei/ele
	present	droghez	droghezi	droghează	drogăm	drogați	droghează
	imperfect	drogam	drogai	droga	drogam	drogați	drogau
	simple perfect	drogai	drogași	drogă	drogarăm	drogarăți	drogară
	pluperfect	drogasem	drogaseși	drogase	drogaserăm	drogaserăți	drogaseră
subjunctive		eu	tu	el/ea	noi	voi	ei/ele
	present	să droghez	să droghezi	să drogheze	să drogăm	să drogați	să drogheze
imperative		—	tu	—	—	voi	—
	affirmative		droghează			drogați
	negative		nu droga			nu drogați

Derived terms

• drogat

Further reading

• “droga”, in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language) (in Romanian), 2004–2026

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowed from German Droge, from French drogue.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /drǒːɡa/
• Hyphenation: dro‧ga

Noun

dróga f (Cyrillic spelling дро́га)

1. drug (illegal or intoxicating)

Declension

Declension of droga

	singular	plural
nominative	droga	droge
genitive	droge	droga
dative	drogi	drogama
accusative	drogu	droge
vocative	drogo	droge
locative	drogi	drogama
instrumental	drogom	drogama

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdɾoɡa/ [ˈd̪ɾo.ɣ̞a]
• Rhymes: -oɡa
• Syllabification: dro‧ga

Etymology 1

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *dʰer-der.

Proto-Indo-European *dʰrewgʰ-der.

Proto-Germanic *draugiz

Proto-West Germanic *draugī

Old Dutch *drōgi

Middle Dutch drogeder.

Middle French drogue

French droguebor.

Spanish droga

Borrowed from French drogue, from Middle French drogue, from Middle Dutch droge.

Noun

droga f (plural drogas)

1. drug

   Synonym: narcótico

   Has tomado drogas antes?

   Have you done drugs before?

   En algunos países, las farmacias venden medicamentos sin receta, como si fueran drogas.

   (please add an English translation of this usage example)

   • 2025 June 28, Sean Lyngaas, “El cártel de Sinaloa rastreó con un hacker a un funcionario del FBI y mató a posibles informantes, según Gobierno de EE.UU.”, in CNN en Español‎^[6], archived from the original on 7 March 2026:

     Un cártel de droga mexicano contrató a un hacker para vigilar los movimientos de un alto funcionario del FBI en Ciudad de México en 2018 o incluso antes, recopilando información del sistema de cámaras de la ciudad que permitió al cártel matar a posibles informantes del FBI, según dijo en un nuevo informe el inspector general del Departamento de Justicia.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

2. (Mexico) indebtedness, debt

   Synonyms: endeudamiento, deuda

Derived terms

• antidroga
• droga de diseño
• droga de síntesis
• droga del violador
• droga dura
• droga recreativa
• drogar
• endrogar
• tráfico de drogas

Etymology 2

Verb

droga

1. inflection of drogar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “droga”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), 24th edition, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 30 October 2026

Anagrams

• drago, grado, gorda

Swedish

Etymology

drog +‎ -a

Verb

droga (present drogar, preterite drogade, supine drogat, imperative droga)

1. (sometimes with ner) to drug (someone); to fool someone into taking drugs, especially sleeping pills or similar
2. (colloquial, intransitive) to do drugs

Usage notes

Taking drugs is sometimes expressed as "droga ner sig" (drug oneself down).

Conjugation

Conjugation of droga (weak)

	active		passive
infinitive	droga		drogas
supine	drogat		drogats
imperative	droga		—
imper. plural1	drogen		—
	present	past	present	past
indicative	drogar	drogade	drogas	drogades
ind. plural1	droga	drogade	drogas	drogades
subjunctive2	droge	drogade	droges	drogades
present participle		drogande
past participle		drogad

¹ Archaic. ² Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

References

• “droga”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
• “droga”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)

Anagrams

• groda

Tagalog

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *dʰer-der.

Proto-Indo-European *dʰrewgʰ-der.

Proto-Germanic *draugiz

Proto-West Germanic *draugī

Old Dutch *drōgi

Middle Dutch drogeder.

Middle French drogue

French droguebor.

Spanish drogabor.

Tagalog droga

Borrowed from Spanish droga (“drug”), borrowed from French drogue, from Middle French drogue, from Middle Dutch droge.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈdɾoɡa/ [ˈd̪ɾoː.ɣ̠ɐ]
• Rhymes: -oɡa
• Syllabification: dro‧ga

Noun

droga (Baybayin spelling ᜇ᜔ᜇᜓᜄ)

1. (dated) drug (any substance used to treat an illness)

   Synonyms: gamot, medisina, remedyo

2. drug (typically illegal psychoactive substance)

Derived terms

• drogahin
• magdroga
• pagdodroga

Related terms

• drogeriya
• drogista

See also

• durugista
• gamot

Further reading

• “droga”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018

Anagrams

• garod, grado