sortejar

This is the 11062nd most frequent Catalan word.


sortejar

To raffle or to avoid.


In this sentence, 'sortejar' is used in the sense of conducting a lottery or raffle to give away a prize.

Els organitzadors volen sortejar un viatge a París.

The organizers want to raffle a trip to Paris.


Here, 'sortejar' is used metaphorically to mean bypassing or overcoming obstacles.

Va sortejar els obstacles amb molta habilitat.

He skillfully avoided the obstacles.


In this case, 'sortejar' refers to resolving something by chance or a random determining method.

Abans de decidir qui comença, van sortejar-ho amb un dau.

Before deciding who starts, they determined it by tossing a die.