| ترجمات رئيسية |
| play⇒ vi | (do [sth] for amusement) | يلعب |
| | The children are playing. |
| | الأطفال يلعبون. |
| play [sth]⇒ vtr | (perform on: a musical instrument) | يعزف على شيء |
| | He plays the piano and the guitar. |
| | يعزف على البيانو والجيتار. |
| play [sth] vtr | (music: perform) | يعزف |
| | Play another Beethoven sonata. |
| | اعزف مقطوعة سوناتة أخرى لبيتهوفن. |
| play [sth] vtr | (put on, listen to: music, a CD) | يشغّل |
| | I am playing the new CD on the stereo. |
| | أشغّل القرص المدمج الجديد على الستيريو. |
| play [sth] vtr | (take part in: a sport or game) | يلعب |
| | Who'd like to play tennis? Let's play hide-and-seek! |
| | من يودّ أن يلعب التنس؟ لنلعب الغميضة. |
| play [sb]⇒ vtr | (act the role of) | يمثّل دور شخص، يلعب دور شخص |
| | Who wants to play Lady Macbeth? |
| | من تريد أن تلعب دور الليدي ماكبث؟ |
| play n | (performance) | مسرحية |
| | I'd like to see a play for my birthday. |
| | أود مشاهدة مسرحية في عيد ميلادي. |
| play n | (drama) | سيناريو |
| | He wrote the play with specific actors in mind. |
| | كتب السيناريو وهو يفكر في ممثلين محدّدين لأخذ الأدوار. |
| play n | (recreational activity) | لعب، لهو، تسلية |
| | You have no time for play when you run your own company. |
| | لا يبقى وقت للتسلية حين تدير شركتك. |
| ترجمات إضافية |
| play n | dated (gambling) | قمار |
| | He acquired a lot of debts at play. |
| play n | (movement, looseness) | تراخٍ، تلاعب |
| | There's too much play between the wheel and the axle. |
| play n | (game: turn) | دور في اللعب |
| | It's my play. Can I have the dice, please? |
| play n | (conduct of a game) | طريقة لعب |
| | It's a tournament in which you'll see top class play. |
| play n | (movement of light) | تلاعب |
| | They watched the play of the sunlight on the water. |
| play n | (attention) | اهتمام |
| | The double murder got a lot of play on the morning news. |
| play n | (button) | تشغيل |
| | Insert the CD and press play. |
| | أدخل القرص المدمج ثم اضغط "تشغيل" |
| play n | (sport, game: move) | حركة، لعبة |
| | In a single amazing play, the baseball team got three outs. |
| play⇒ vi | (take part) | يشارك |
| | We'd like to play, too. |
| play vi | (gamble) | يقامر |
| | Minors are not allowed to play. |
| play vi | (jest) | يمزح |
| | I didn't mean it. I was only playing. |
| play vi | (pretend) | يتظاهر |
| | She wasn't really injured; she was just playing. |
| play vi | (feign) | يتظاهر |
| | He's playing dead. |
| play vi | (be performed) | يُعرض |
| | What's playing tonight? |
| play vi | (music: perform) | يعزف |
| | He loves the violin. He plays all day. |
| play [sth]⇒ vtr | (stage a performance of) | يعرض |
| | They're playing "Waiting for Godot" all week. |
| play [sth] vtr | (bet on) | يراهن على شيء |
| | He likes to play the horses. |
| play [sb]⇒ vtr | (compete against) | يتنافس مع شخص |
| | No one wants to play him because he never loses. |
| play [sth]⇒ vtr | (pretend) | يلعب |
| | Let's play house. |
| play [sth] vtr | (direct light, water) | يسلّط، يوجّه |
| | He played the spotlight on the entranceway. |
| play [sb]⇒ vtr | informal (deceive) | يخدع شخصًا، يتلاعب بشخص |
| | Kate didn't realize the man she'd met on a dating site was playing her until she'd spent half her savings on him. |
أفعال مركّبيّة
play | played |
| play a role in [sth] vtr phrasal insep | (act a part in) | يمثّل دورًا في شيء، يؤدّي دورًا في شيء |
| | My brother's playing a role in the new production of The Phantom of the Opera. |
| | My brother is playing a role in the new theatre production. |
| play about vi phrasal | UK, informal (behave in a frivolous way) | يلعب، يلهو |
| | Since we have a lot of work to do, there isn't any time to play about. |
| play against [sth/sb] vtr phrasal insep | (have as an opponent) | يلعب ضد، يلعب مقابل |
| | Every time I play against Tom, he beats me in every game. |
| play along vi phrasal | (music: play accompaniment) | يرافق شخصًا بالعزف |
| | Joanna sang while Keith played along on the guitar. |
| play along vi phrasal | figurative, informal (feign co-operation) | يساير شخصًا، يجاري شخصًا |
| | Leo wanted me to join in when he pranked our teacher, but I refused to play along. |
| | أراد "ليو" أن أساعده في فعل مقلب بأستاذنا، لكنني رفضت أن أجاريه. |
| play along with [sth/sb] vi phrasal + prep | figurative, informal (feign co-operation with) (يتظاهر بالتعاون) | يساير شخصًا/شيئًا، يجاري شخصًا/شيئًا |
| | I don't always do what my mother suggests, but I play along with her plans to make her happy. |
| | لا أفعل دائمًا ما تقترحه أمي، لكنني أسايرها في ما تخطط له لكي أسعدها. |
| play around vi phrasal | informal (experiment) | يجرّب، يختبر |
| | I was just playing around to see if I could get the webcam to work. |
| play around vi phrasal | informal (be frivolous) | يعبث، يلهو |
| | Quit playing around and get back to work! |
| play around vi phrasal | informal (be unfaithful) (عامي مستخدم في الفصحى) | يلعب بذيله |
| | | يخون |
| | Jodie dumped Greg when she found out he had been playing around. |
| play at [sth] vtr phrasal insep | (pretend, make believe [sth]) | يلعب لعبة |
| | The children are playing at doctors and nurses. |
play [sth] back,
play back [sth] vtr phrasal sep | (replay) | يعيد تشغيل شيء |
| | Thomas recorded himself playing guitar and then played the song back. |
| play [sth] by ear vtr phrasal sep | (music: not follow a score) | يعزف سماعيًّا |
| | I read music well, but I have a hard time playing by ear. He's amazing; he never learned to read music, he just plays by ear. |
| play [sth] down vtr phrasal sep | informal (minimize significance of) | يقلل من أهمية شيء |
| | In my job interview I played down my previous failures and emphasized my successes. |
| play for [sth] vtr phrasal insep | (sports: represent) (فريق، منتخب...) | يلعب في شيء |
| | David Beckham played for his country. |
| play for [sth] vtr phrasal insep | (compete for prize) | يتنافس على شيء |
| | The top three teams in the league are all playing for the title. |
| play [sb/sth] off [sb/sth] vtr phrasal sep | (set against: [sth] else) | يجعل شخصًا/شيئًا يتواجه مع شخص/شيء |
| | The capricious girl played off one suitor against the other. |