Translation of play – English–Arabic dictionary

play

verb
uk
/pleɪ/
us
/pleɪ/
A1
When you play a sport or game, you compete or are involved in it.
يَلْعَب
Sam plays tennis every weekend.
We often used to play cards.
A1
When children play, they enjoy themselves with toys and games.
يَلْعَب
She likes to play with her dolls.
A2
to make music with a musical instrument
يَعْزِف
Tim was playing the piano.
A2
to make a CD, DVD, etc. produce sounds or pictures
يَلعَب
Can you play that song again?
B1
to be a character in a movie or play
يُمَثِّل
Who played Darth Vader in Star Wars?
B1
to compete against a person or team in a game
يَتنافَس
Who are Brazil playing in the final?
play a joke/trick on someone
to make someone believe something that is not true as a joke
يوقِع شَخصا في مَقلَب
The class played a trick on the teacher.
play your cards right
to behave in the right way so that you get an advantage or succeed in something
يُظهِر بَراعة في استِغلال الموْقِف لمَصلَحته
If you play your cards right, you could make quite a lot of money out of this.

play

noun
uk
/pleɪ/
us
/pleɪ/
A2
a story that is written for actors to perform, usually in a theatre
مَسْرَحيّة
We saw a play at the theatre.
[ no plural ]
things that people, especially children, do to enjoy themselves
لُعْبة
a play area

(Translation of play from the Cambridge English-Arabic Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

Examples of play

play
She would put on a scarf and play various roles.
Instead, important individuals played essential roles, and their talent and authority was reported to be crucial to the building's success.
Not only primates and cetaceans, but also other long-lived mammals, like elephants, have females playing active (crucial) post-reproductive roles.
One possibility is that motor representations may actually play a role in perceptual processing.
However, both players receive the highest payoff by both playing their first or second strategy.
Traditionally, lexical contexts and sentential contexts were thought to play very different roles in word recognition, each applying at a separate stage.
Problems, then, are raised about the ecological validity of this constraint and the role it might play in the perception of ordinary, everyday motion.
To provide compelling evidence for adaptation, however, homologous traits must play the same functional roles in human and nonhuman species.
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Translations of play

in Chinese (Traditional)
享受, (尤指兒童)玩,玩耍, 比賽…
in Chinese (Simplified)
享受, (尤指儿童)玩,玩耍, 比赛…
in Spanish
jugar, jugar a, jugar contra…
in Portuguese
brincar, jogar, jogar (contra)…
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खेळणे, मुकाबला, वाजवणे…
(スポーツや試合)をする, 遊ぶ, (楽器)を演奏する…
oynamak, karşılaşmak, oyun oynamak…
jouer, interpréter, pièce [feminine]…
jugar a, practicar, jugar…
spelen, uithalen, het opnemen tegen…
நீங்கள் விளையாடும்போது, குறிப்பாக ஒரு குழந்தையாக, நீங்கள் ஒரு சுவாரஸ்யமான மற்றும்/அல்லது பொழுதுபோக்கு செயலைச் செய்ய நேரத்தை செலவிடுகிறீர்கள்.…
(विशेषतः बच्चों की गतिविधियाँ) खेलना, खेलना, किसी व्यवस्थित खेल में भाग लेना…
રમવું, રમતમાં ભાગ લેવો., કોઈ વ્યક્તિ કે ટુકડી સામે રમતમાં સ્પર્ધા કરવી…
lege, spille, optræde…
leka, spela, spelas…
bermain, melakonkan watak, membuat persembahan…
spielen, richten, ausspielen…
leke, spille, lure…
کھیلنا, کسی منظم کھیل میں حصہ لینا, مقابلے میں کھیلنا…
грати(ся), пустувати, грати…
ఆడటం, వాయించడం, ప్లే…
খেলা করা, সংগঠিত কাজে বা খেলায় অংশ নেওয়া, খেলায় কোনো ব্যক্তি বা দলের সঙ্গে প্রতিযোগিতা করা…
hrát si, hrát, hrát to (na)…
bermain, main, memainkan…
เล่นสนุก, ร่วมเล่น, แสดงหรือเล่นบทบาทของ…
nô đùa, chơi, đóng vai…
grać (w/z), bawić się (w), grać (na)…
(게임, 경기 등을) 하다, 놀다…
giocare a, giocare, suonare…
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