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1 No Play Character

Mass media: NPC

Универсальный русско-английский словарь > No Play Character
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character [ˈkærɪktə^r]

1. noun

   a. caractère m

• it's very much in character (for him) ça lui ressemble tout à fait

• it was out of character (for him) cela ne lui ressemblait pas

• to have character avoir du caractère

   b. ( = outstanding individual) personnage m ; ( = original person) (inf) numéro (inf) m

• he's quite a character! (inf) c'est un sacré numéro (inf)

• he's an odd character c'est un curieux personnage

   c. of good/bad character de bonne/mauvaise réputation

   d. (in film, play) personnage m

   e. (Computing) caractère m

• characters per second caractères/seconde mpl

2. compounds

► character actor noun acteur m de genre

► character actress noun actrice f de genre

► character assassination noun diffamation f

► character reference noun certificat m de (bonne) moralité

► character witness noun témoin m de moralité

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✎ caractère does not have an h at the beginning and ends in - ère.

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‼|/b] [b]character is not always translated by caractère.

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['kærəktə(r)]
noun

1) ( personality) caractère m

to have a pleasant character — être d'un caractère agréable

to act in/out of character — agir de façon habituelle/surprenante

his remarks are totally in character/out of character — ces remarques ne me surprennent pas/me surprennent de sa part

2) ( reputation) réputation f

a person of good character — une personne d'une bonne réputation

3) Literature, Theatre, Television personnage m ( from de)

to play the character of Romeo — jouer le rôle de Roméo

4) ( person) individu m

a real character — un sacré numéro (colloq)

a local character — une figure locale

5) Computing caractère m ( also in printing)

English-French dictionary > character
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character

A n

1 ( personality) caractère m ; to have a pleasant character être d'un caractère agréable ; a house with character une maison qui a du caractère ; to act in/out of character agir de façon habituelle/surprenante ; his remarks are totally in character/out of character ces remarques ne me surprennent pas/me surprennent de sa part ;

2 ( reputation) réputation f ; a person of good/bad character une personne d'une bonne/mauvaise réputation ;

3 ( nature) caractère m ;

4 Literat, Theat, TV personnage m (from de) ; to play the character of Romeo jouer le rôle m de Roméo ; I hardly recognize her in character je la reconnais à peine sous son rôle ;

5 ( person) ( in general) individu m ; ( appreciative) numéro ○ m ; a real character un sacré numéro ○ ; a local character une figure f locale ;

6 ( moral strength) caractère m ; strength of character force f de caractère ;

7 Comput, Print caractère m.

B modif Comput [density, generator, reader, recognition, string] de caractères.

Big English-French dictionary > character
4 play up to

play up to подыгрывать; fig. подлизываться; Your job as a supporting actoris to play up to the leading character.

Англо-русский словарь Мюллера > play up to
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'kærəktə
1. noun
1) (the set of qualities that make someone or something different from others; type: You can tell a man's character from his handwriting; Publicity of this character is not good for the firm.) carácter

2) (a set of qualities that are considered admirable in some way: He showed great character in dealing with the danger.) carácter

3) (reputation: They tried to damage his character.) reputación

4) (a person in a play, novel etc: Rosencrantz is a minor character in Shakespeare's `Hamlet'.) personaje

5) (an odd or amusing person: This fellow's quite a character!) tipo, figura

6) (a letter used in typing etc: Some characters on this typewriter are broken.) carácter

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- characteristic

2. noun
(a typical quality: It is one of his characteristics to be obstinate.) característica

- characteristically
- characterize
- characterise
- characterization
- characterisation

character n

1. personalidad / manera de ser / carácter

she has a lot of character tiene mucha personalidad

2. encanto

an old town with a lot of character una ciudad antigua con mucho encanto

3. personaje

I don't like the central character of the play no me gusta el personaje central de la obra

character

tr['kærəktə^SMALLr/SMALL]

noun

1 (nature) carácter nombre masculino

■ the British character el carácter británico

2 (reputation) reputación nombre femenino; (integrity, moral strength) carácter nombre masculino, personalidad nombre femenino

■ a person of good character una persona de buena reputación

■ a person of great character una persona de gran carácter

3 (in film, book, play) personaje nombre masculino

4 familiar (person) tipo

■ an odd character un tipo raro

■ a real character todo un carácter

5 (letter) carácter nombre masculino

\

SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALL

to be in/out of character ser/no ser típico,-a

character actor/actress actor/actriz especializado,-a en personajes raros

character reference referencias nombre femenino plural

character ['kærɪktər] n

1) letter, symbol: carácter m

Chinese characters: caracteres chinos

2) disposition: carácter m, personalidad f

of good character: de buena reputación

3) : tipo m, personaje m peculiar

he's quite a character!: ¡él es algo serio!

4) : personaje m (ficticio)

character

n.

• calidad s.f.

• carácter (Tipografía) s.m.

• carácter s.m.

• categoría s.f.

• cifra s.f.

• fuste s.m.

• genio s.m.

• letra s.f.

• papel s.m.

• personaje (Literatura) s.m.

• tenor s.m.

'kærəktər, 'kærəktə(r)
noun

1) ( of person)

a) (temperament, nature) carácter m

to be in/out of character — ser*/no ser* típico

she's a good judge of character — es buena psicóloga

b) ( good character) reputación f; (before n)

character assassination — ( public slander) difamación f

character reference — referencias fpl

c) ( strength of personality) carácter m

2) (of place, thing) carácter m

her face is full of character — tiene una cara con mucha personalidad

3) c

a) (in novel, play, movie) personaje m, carácter m (Col, Méx)

he doesn't react in character — su reacción no es la que cabría esperar de su personaje

b) ( person) tipo m (fam)

he's a nasty character — es un mal tipo (fam)

c) ( eccentric person) caso m

4) c ( symbol) carácter m

['kærɪktǝ(r)]
1. N

1) (=nature) [of thing] carácter m, naturaleza f ; [of person] carácter m, personalidad f

a man of good character — un hombre de buena reputación

to bear a good character — tener buena reputación

that is more in character for him — eso es más típico de él

his sudden concern for me was completely out of character (for him) — su inesperado interés por mí no era nada típico de él

2) (in novel, play) (=person) personaje m ; (=role) papel m

chief character — protagonista mf

3) (=energy, determination) carácter m

a man of character — un hombre de carácter

he lacks character — le falta carácter

4) * (=person) tipo(-a) * m / f, individuo(-a) m / f

he's a very odd character — es un tipo muy raro *

he's quite a character — es todo un personaje

5) (Comput, Typ, Bio) carácter m

2.

CPD

character actor N — actor m de carácter

character actress N — actriz f de carácter

character assassination N — difamación f

character code N — (Comput) código m de caracteres

character development N — (in a novel, play, film) evolución f de los personajes

character part N — (Theat) papel m de carácter

character recognition N — (Comput) reconocimiento m de caracteres

character recognition software N — software m de reconocimiento de caracteres

character reference N — informe m, referencia f

character set N — (Typ) juego m de caracteres

character sketch N — esbozo m de carácter

character space N — (Typ) espacio m (de carácter)

character trait N — (=characteristic) rasgo m de carácter

character witness N — testigo de la defensa que atestigua el buen carácter del acusado

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['kærəktər, 'kærəktə(r)]
noun

1) ( of person)

a) (temperament, nature) carácter m

to be in/out of character — ser*/no ser* típico

she's a good judge of character — es buena psicóloga

b) ( good character) reputación f; (before n)

character assassination — ( public slander) difamación f

character reference — referencias fpl

c) ( strength of personality) carácter m

2) (of place, thing) carácter m

her face is full of character — tiene una cara con mucha personalidad

3) c

a) (in novel, play, movie) personaje m, carácter m (Col, Méx)

he doesn't react in character — su reacción no es la que cabría esperar de su personaje

b) ( person) tipo m (fam)

he's a nasty character — es un mal tipo (fam)

c) ( eccentric person) caso m

4) c ( symbol) carácter m

English-spanish dictionary > character
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['kærəktə(r)]
nome

1) (personality) carattere m.

to have a pleasant character — avere un bel carattere

to act in, out of character — agire in modo abituale, sorprendente

his remarks are totally in character, out of character — è, non è assolutamente nel suo carattere fare queste osservazioni

2) (reputation)

a person of good character — una persona con una buona reputazione

3) letter. teatr. telev. personaggio m. ( from di)

to play the character of Romeo — recitare nel ruolo di Romeo

4) (person) individuo m.

a real character — un tipo veramente originale

a local character — un personaggio locale

5) inform. tip. carattere m.

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['kærəktə] 1. noun
1) (the set of qualities that make someone or something different from others; type: You can tell a man's character from his handwriting; Publicity of this character is not good for the firm.) carattere, genere

2) (a set of qualities that are considered admirable in some way: He showed great character in dealing with the danger.) carattere

3) (reputation: They tried to damage his character.) reputazione

4) (a person in a play, novel etc: Rosencrantz is a minor character in Shakespeare's `Hamlet'.) personaggio

5) (an odd or amusing person: This fellow's quite a character!) personaggio; originale

6) (a letter used in typing etc: Some characters on this typewriter are broken.) carattere

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- characteristic
2. noun
(a typical quality: It is one of his characteristics to be obstinate.) caratteristica

- characteristically
- characterize
- characterise
- characterization
- characterisation
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['kærəktə(r)]
nome

1) (personality) carattere m.

to have a pleasant character — avere un bel carattere

to act in, out of character — agire in modo abituale, sorprendente

his remarks are totally in character, out of character — è, non è assolutamente nel suo carattere fare queste osservazioni

2) (reputation)

a person of good character — una persona con una buona reputazione

3) letter. teatr. telev. personaggio m. ( from di)

to play the character of Romeo — recitare nel ruolo di Romeo

4) (person) individuo m.

a real character — un tipo veramente originale

a local character — un personaggio locale

5) inform. tip. carattere m.

English-Italian dictionary > character
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noun

1) (mental or moral qualities, integrity) Charakter, der

be of good character — ein guter Mensch sein; einen guten Charakter haben

a woman of character — eine Frau mit Charakter

strength of character — Charakterstärke, die

2) no pl. (individuality, style) Charakter, der

the town has a character all of its own — die Stadt hat einen ganz eigenen Charakter

have no character — charakterlos od. ohne Charakter sein

3) (in novel etc.) Charakter, der; (part played by somebody) Rolle, die

be in/out of character — (fig.) typisch/untypisch sein

his behaviour was quite out of character — (fig.) sein Betragen war ganz und gar untypisch für ihn

4) (coll.): (extraordinary person) Original, das

be [quite] a character/a real character — ein [echtes/richtiges] Original sein

5) (coll.): (individual) Mensch, der; (derog.) Individuum, das

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['kærəktə] 1. noun
1) (the set of qualities that make someone or something different from others; type: You can tell a man's character from his handwriting; Publicity of this character is not good for the firm.) der Charakter

2) (a set of qualities that are considered admirable in some way: He showed great character in dealing with the danger.) die Persönlichkeit

3) (reputation: They tried to damage his character.) der Ruf

4) (a person in a play, novel etc: Rosencrantz is a minor character in Shakespeare's `Hamlet'.) die Rolle

5) (an odd or amusing person: This fellow's quite a character!)

6) (a letter used in typing etc: Some characters on this typewriter are broken.) das Schriftzeichen

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2. noun
(a typical quality: It is one of his characteristics to be obstinate.) die Eigenschaft

- characteristically
- characterize
- characterise
- characterization
- characterisation
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char·ac·ter

[ˈkærəktəʳ, AM ˈkerəktɚ]

n

1. no pl (personality) Charakter m, Wesen nt, Wesensart f

to be similar in \character sich dat im Wesen ähnlich sein

▪ to not be in \character untypisch sein

▪ out of \character ungewöhnlich

2. (moral integrity) Charakter m

strength of \character Charakterstärke f

weakness of \character Charakterschwäche f

to be of bad/good \character ein schlechter/guter Mensch sein

of dubious/irreproachable/questionable \character von zweifelhaftem/untadeligem/fragwürdigem Charakter

3. (unique person) Original nt, Type f fam

he's quite a \character der ist vielleicht 'ne Type fam

lack of \character fehlende Originalität

4. LIT, ART (representation) [Roman]figur f, [Roman]gestalt f

main \character Hauptfigur f, Protagonist(in) m(f) geh

5. TYPO (mark, space) Zeichen nt; (symbol) Schriftzeichen nt

6. LAW

to issue \character evidence Leumundsbeweise pl [o SCHWEIZ, ÖSTERR Leumundszeugnis] nt aufbieten

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['krɪktə(r)]
n

1) (= nature) Charakter m; (of people) Wesen nt no pl, Wesensart f

there's quite a difference in character between them — sie sind wesensmäßig sehr verschieden

to be in character for sb — typisch für jdn sein

it is out of character for him to behave like that — solches Benehmen ist untypisch für ihn

it's out of character for him to do that — es ist eigentlich nicht seine Art, so etwas zu tun

to be of good/bad character — ein guter/schlechter Mensch sein

2) no pl (= strength of character) Charakter m

a man of character — ein Mann von Charakter

3) no pl (= individuality of towns etc) Charakter m; (of person) Persönlichkeit f

she/it has no character —

her face is full of character — sie hat ein Charaktergesicht

4) (in novel) (Roman)figur f, (Roman)gestalt f; (THEAT) Gestalt f

5) (= person in public life) Persönlichkeit f, Gestalt f; (= original person) Original nt; (inf = person) Typ m (inf), Type f (inf)

6) (= reference) Zeugnis nt

7) (TYP, COMPUT) Zeichen nt; (Chinese etc also) Schriftzeichen nt

to type 100 characters per minute — 100 Anschläge pro Minute machen

Gothic characters — gotische Schrift

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character [ˈkærəktə(r); -rık-]

A s

1. allg Charakter m:

a) Wesen n, Art f (eines Menschen etc):

a bad character;

a man of noble character;

they are different in character sie sind charakterlich verschieden

b) guter Charakter:

(strong) character Charakterstärke f;

he has ( oder is a man of) character er hat Charakter

c) (ausgeprägte) Persönlichkeit:

he is an odd character er ist ein merkwürdiger Mensch oder Charakter;

he is (quite) a character umg er ist (schon) ein Original oder ein komischer Kerl

d) Eigenschaft(en) f(pl), (charakteristisches) Kennzeichen, Gepräge n, auch BIOL Merkmal n:

the character of the landscape der Landschaftscharakter; → generic 1

2. a) Ruf m, Leumund m

b) Zeugnis n (besonders für Personal):

give sb a good character jemandem ein gutes Zeugnis ausstellen (a. fig)

3. Eigenschaft f, Rang m, Stellung f:

in his character of ambassador in seiner Eigenschaft als Botschafter

4. Figur f, Gestalt f (eines Romans etc):

the characters of the play die Charaktere des Stückes; → imaginary A

5. THEAT etc Rolle f:

in character

a) der Rolle gemäß,

b) fig (zum Charakter des Ganzen) passend;

it is in character es passt dazu, zu ihm etc;

it is out of character es passt nicht dazu, zu ihm etc, es fällt aus dem Rahmen

6. a) Schriftzeichen n, Buchstabe m:

in Greek characters;

in large characters in Großbuchstaben;

know sb’s characters jemandes Handschrift kennen

b) COMPUT (Schrift)Zeichen n

7. Ziffer f, Zahl(zeichen) f(n)

8. Geheimzeichen n

B adj

1. a) Charakter…:

character analysis Charakteranalyse f;

character assassination Rufmord m;

character building ( oder formation) Charakterbildung f;

character dance

a) Ausdruckstanz m,

b) (typischer) Nationaltanz;

character defect Charakterfehler m;

character piece MUS Charakterstück n;

character sketch Charakterskizze f;

character study Charakterstudie f;

character trait Charakterzug m;

character witness JUR Leumundszeuge m, -zeugin f

c) THEAT etc Chargen…:

character actor Chargenspieler m;

character part ( oder role) Charge(nrolle) f

2. IT, COMPUT:

character code Zeichencode m;

character printer Zeichen-, Buchstabendrucker m;

character recognition (Schrift)Zeichenerkennung f;

character set Zeichensatz m

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noun

1) (mental or moral qualities, integrity) Charakter, der

be of good character — ein guter Mensch sein; einen guten Charakter haben

a woman of character — eine Frau mit Charakter

strength of character — Charakterstärke, die

2) no pl. (individuality, style) Charakter, der

the town has a character all of its own — die Stadt hat einen ganz eigenen Charakter

have no character — charakterlos od. ohne Charakter sein

3) (in novel etc.) Charakter, der; (part played by somebody) Rolle, die

be in/out of character — (fig.) typisch/untypisch sein

his behaviour was quite out of character — (fig.) sein Betragen war ganz und gar untypisch für ihn

4) (coll.): (extraordinary person) Original, das

be [quite] a character/a real character — ein [echtes/richtiges] Original sein

5) (coll.): (individual) Mensch, der; (derog.) Individuum, das

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(literary) n.

Figur -en (literarisch) f. (printing) n.

Schriftzeichen n.

Zeichen - n. (typography) n.

Symbol -e n. n.

Beschaffenheit f.

Charakter m.

Person -en (Theater) f.

Person -en f.

Persönlichkeit f.

Rolle -n f.

English-german dictionary > character
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ˈkærɪktə
1. сущ. происходит от греческого слова со значением "инструмент для вырезания"
1) о символах различного рода а) буква, иероглиф;
цифра;
письмо;
знак (вообще), клеймо to form, trace, write characters ≈ тщательно выписывать буквы/цифры/иероглифы, выводить буквы/цифры/иероглифы special characters ≈ специальные символы Arabic character cuneiform character Cyrillic character Greek character Latin character mathematical character Chinese characters Runic character б) почерк Written in an unsteady character. ≈ Написанное неровным почерком. в) полигр. литера г) полигр. гарнитура д) шифр( для передачи секретных сообщений)
2) о человеке и его свойствах а) характер man of character man of no character Syn: temperament б) личность, фигура Most women have no character at all. ≈ У большинства женщин невозможно обнаружить ничего, похожего на личность ( Поуп) to form, mold one's character ≈ формировать личность to reflect smb.'s character ≈ копировать кого-л., стараться быть похожим на кого-л. bad character ≈ темная личность disreputable character ≈ человек с сомнительной репутацией impeccable, stainless character ≈ человек с безупречной репутацией firm, strong character ≈ сильная личность excellent, fine, good character ≈ прекрасный человек lovable character ≈ любвеобильный человек national character ≈ национальный характер true character ≈ истинная личность, настоящий человек upright character ≈ честный человек weak character ≈ слабовольная личность public character в) репутация г) лит. образ, герой;
тип;
роль, действующее лицо( в литературе) to play, portray a character ≈ играть роль какого-л. персонажа (в пьесе) to delineate, depict, draw a character ≈ нарисовать образ, изобразить героя to develop a character ≈ развить чей-л. образ, разработать чей-л. образ to kill off a character ≈ избавиться от какого-л. героя в пьесе fictitious character ≈ вымышленный персонаж leading, main, major, principal character ≈ главный герой;
актер, играющий главную роль minor, supporting character ≈ второстепенный персонаж, актер второго состава д) разг. оригинал, чудак, тип He is quite a character. ≈ Это такой фрукт!
3) о свойствах вообще а) собственно качество, свойство б) письменная рекомендация, характеристика в) характерная особенность, отличительный признак;
признак( вообще) assume a character innate character acquired character character dance ∙ to be in character (with) ≈ соответствовать to be out of character ≈ не соответствовать
2. прил.;
театр. характерный см. character
1.
3) character actor
3. гл.
1) наносить символы а) вырезать, гравировать Syn: engrave, inscribe б) писать в) запечатлевать Syn: embody
2) архаич. представлять, являть, символизировать Tiger characters here a predator. ≈ Тигр здесь символизирует саму идею хищника.
3) характеризовать(ся) ;
давать характеристику, описывать You have well charactered him. ≈ Вы довольно точно описали его как человека. So has the year been charactered with woe. ≈ Год был отмечен печатью скорби. характер;
нрав сильный характер;
- a man of * человек с характером, волевой человек;
- he has no * at all он человек безвольный, он тряпка честность;
моральная устойчивость;
- * building воспитательная работа;
воспитание характера, формирование морального облика характер;
качество;
природа;
- the * of the northern plains is different from that of the South по своему характеру северные равнины отличаются от равнин юга;
- to see a thing in its true * видеть вещь в ее истинном свете;
- people of this * люди такого рода;
- advertising of a very primitive * реклама самого примитивного пошиба официальное качество;
положение;
статус, достоинство, ранг, звание, сан;
- under the * of в качестве;
под именем;
- he spoke in the * of lawyer он выступал в качестве адвоката характерная особенность;
отличительный признак;
свойство;
- the trunk is a * found only in elephants хобот - это характерная особенность, встречающаяся только у слонов (биология) признак;
- innate *s наследственные признаки;
- acquired * приобретенный признак;
- dominant * доминантный признак репутация;
- * assassin злостный клеветник;
- * assassination злостная клевета;
подрыв репутации;
- he has an excellent * for honesty он имеет репутацию безукоризненно честного человека, он славится своей честностью;
- he has gained the * of a miser он заслужил славу скряги;
- left without a shred of * потеряв доброе имя письменная рекомендация;
характеристика;
аттестация;
- * rating (американизм) служебная характеристика;
- * certificate( военное) служебная характеристика;
аттестация;
- the servant came with a good * слуга пришел с хорошей рекомендацией;
- she gives you a bad * она вас не хвалит фигура, личность;
- a bad * темная личность;
- public * общественный деятель;
- he was a great * in his day в свое время он был крупной фигурой (разговорное) чудак, оригинал, своеобразная личность;
- quite a * большой оригинал;
- a bit of a * человек со странностями (литературоведение) герой, персонаж;
тип;
образ, действующее лицо роль (в пьесе) - to play the * of Macbeth исполнять роль Макбета литера;
буква;
цифра;
печатный знак иероглиф, идеограмма;
- Chinese has no alphabet and is written in *s китайский язык не имеет алфавита и пользуется иероглифической письменностью шрифт;
графика;
письмо;
- a book in Gothic * книга, напечатанная готическим шрифтом;
- Runic * руническое письмо знак (астрономический и т. п.;
условное обозначение;
- magic *s магические знаки /символы/ символ (в языке ЭВМ) - command * управляющий символ;
- * display текстовый дисплей;
- * graphics символьная графика, псевдографика;
- * mode текстовый /символьный/ режим опознавательный знак;
клеймо, марка, тавро;
- stamped with the * of sublimity( образное) отмеченный печатью величия шифр, код;
тайнопись кабалистический знак > to be in * (with) соответствовать;
> that is quite in * with the man это очень на него похоже;
для него это типично;
> to be out of * не соответствовать (чему-л.) ;
не вязаться, быть несовместимым (с чем-л.) > it is out of * for small children to sit still for a long time маленьким детям несвойственно долго сидеть смирно (театроведение) характерный;
- * actor характерный актер;
актер на характерных ролях;
- * part характерная роль характеризовать;
давать характеристику, оценку (кому-л., чему-л.) (устаревшее) описывать;
изображать( устаревшее) надписывать;
вырезать надпись;
гравировать accent ~ вчт. символ ударения acknowledge ~ вчт. знак подтверждения приема acknowledge ~ (ACK) вчт. знак подтверждения приема acquired ~ биол. благоприобретенный отличительный признак организма (в отличие от наследственного) admissible ~ вчт. разрешенный символ alphabetic ~ вчт. алфавитный знак alphabetic ~ вчт. буквенный символ alphanumeric ~ вчт. алфавитно-цифровой символ ~ фигура, личность;
a public character общественный деятель;
a bad character темная личность to be in ~ (with) соответствовать;
to be out of character не соответствовать to be in ~ (with) соответствовать;
to be out of character не соответствовать bind ~ вчт. знак присваивания blank ~ вчт. знак пробела blank ~ вчт. символ пробела block cancel ~ вчт. символ отмены блока block check ~ вчт. символ контроля блока cancel ~ вчт. символ отмены carriage return ~ вчт. символ возврата каретки character аттестация ~ буква;
литера;
иероглиф;
цифра;
алфавит;
письмо;
Chinese characters китайские иероглифы;
Runic character руническое письмо ~ вчт. буква ~ буква ~ запечатлевать ~ вчт. знак ~ знак ~ качество, свойство ~ клеймо ~ лит. образ, герой;
тип;
роль, действующее лицо (в драме) ~ опознавательный знак ~ разг. оригинал, чудак;
quite a character оригинальный человек ~ отличительный признак ~ письменная рекомендация, характеристика ~ письменная рекомендация ~ признак ~ репутация ~ свойство ~ вчт. символ ~ символ ~ фигура, личность;
a public character общественный деятель;
a bad character темная личность ~ характер;
a man of character человек с (сильным) характером;
a man of no character слабый, бесхарактерный человек ~ характер ~ уст. характеризовать ~ характеристика ~ характерная особенность;
отличительный признак;
innate characters биол. наследственные признаки ~ характерная особенность ~ цифра ~ attr. характерный;
character actor актер на характерных ролях ~ attr. характерный;
character actor актер на характерных ролях ~-deletion ~ вчт. знак отмены символа check ~ вчт. контрольный знак ~ буква;
литера;
иероглиф;
цифра;
алфавит;
письмо;
Chinese characters китайские иероглифы;
Runic character руническое письмо code ~ вчт. кодовый знак coded ~ вчт. закодированный символ command ~ вчт. управляющый символ comparison ~ вчт. знак сравнения control ~ вчт. управляющий символ delete ~ вчт. знак стирания digital ~ вчт. цифровой знак displayable ~ вчт. воспроизводимый символ disturbed ~ вчт. искаженный символ don't care ~ вчт. безразличный символ double-high ~ вчт. символ удвоенной высоты edge ~ вчт. признак границы editing ~ вчт. символ управления форматом end-of-medium ~ вчт. признак конца носителя end-of-message ~ вчт. признак конца сообщения end-of-text ~ вчт. знак конца текста end-of-transmission block ~ вчт. знак конца блока данных end-of-transmission ~ вчт. знак конца обмена данными end-of-word ~ вчт. признак конца слова enquiry ~ вчт. символ запроса erase ~ вчт. символ стирания error ~ вчт. знак ошибки escape ~ вчт. символ начала управляющей последовательности face-change ~ вчт. символ смены шрифта field separation ~ вчт. знак разделения полей fill ~ вчт. символ - заполнитель font-change ~ вчт. знак смены типа шрифта forbidden ~ вчт. запрещенный символ form feed ~ вчт. символ прогона страницы form-feed ~ вчт. знак подачи бланка format ~ вчт. символ управления форматом format-control ~ вчт. символ управления форматом fundamental ~ основополагающий характер gap ~ вчт. символ пробела good ~ хорошая репутация graphic ~ вчт. графический знак hand-printed ~ вчт. рукописный символ hand-written ~ вчт. рукописный символ horisontal tabulation ~ вчт. знак горизонтальной табуляции identification ~ вчт. идентификационный символ idle ~ вчт. холостой знак ignore ~ вчт. знак игнорирования illegal ~ вчт. запрещенный знак illegal ~ запрещенный знак illegal ~ вчт. запрещенный символ improper ~ вчт. запрещенный символ inadmissible ~ вчт. недопустимый символ information ~ вчт. информационный символ ~ характерная особенность;
отличительный признак;
innate characters биол. наследственные признаки inquiry ~ вчт. знак вопроса instruction ~ вчт. символ команды kill ~ вчт. символ приостановки процесса kill ~ вчт. символ удаления части текста layout ~ вчт. символ управления форматом least significant ~ вчт. знак самого младшего разряда leftmost ~ вчт. левый крайний знак line delete ~ вчт. знак вычеркивания строки line end ~ вчт. признак конца строки line feed ~ вчт. знак смещения строки logical operation ~ вчт. знак логической операции logout ~ вчт. знак размещения lower case ~ вчт. символ нижнего разряда machine-readable ~ вчт. машиночитаемый символ ~ характер;
a man of character человек с (сильным) характером;
a man of no character слабый, бесхарактерный человек man: man в устойчивых сочетаниях: как обладатель определенных качеств: man of character человек с характером ~ характер;
a man of character человек с (сильным) характером;
a man of no character слабый, бесхарактерный человек master ~ вчт. базовый кегль most significant ~ вчт. знак самого старшего разряда new line ~ вчт. знак новой строки new-line ~ вчт. признак новой строки nonnumeric ~ вчт. нецифровой знак nonprintable ~ вчт. непечатаемый символ nonprinting ~ вчт. непечатаемый символ numeric ~ вчт. цифра numeric ~ вчт. цифровой знак official ~ служебный характер overall ~ общий характер pad ~ вчт. символ - заполнитель paper-throw ~ вчт. знак прогона бумаги polling ~ вчт. символ опроса print control ~ вчт. символ управления печатью printable ~ вчт. печатаемый знак printed ~ вчт. печатный знак professional ~ профессиональный характер protection ~ вчт. знак защиты ~ фигура, личность;
a public character общественный деятель;
a bad character темная личность public ~ общественный деятель punctuation ~ вчт. знак пунктуации punctuation ~s знаки пунктуации ~ разг. оригинал, чудак;
quite a character оригинальный человек record separator ~ вчт. разделитель записей record: ~ separator character вчт. разделитель записей redundant ~ вчт. избыточный знак relation ~ вчт. знак отношения replacement ~ вчт. признак замены rightmost ~ вчт. правый крайний знак ~ буква;
литера;
иероглиф;
цифра;
алфавит;
письмо;
Chinese characters китайские иероглифы;
Runic character руническое письмо separating ~ вчт. разделитель separation ~ разделительный знак shift ~ вчт. символ переключения shift-in ~ вчт. знак восстановления кода shift-out ~ вчт. знак расширения кода silent ~ вчт. непроизносимый знак space ~ вчт. пробел special ~ вчт. специальный знак special ~ comp. специальный знак special ~ comp. специальный символ start-of-text ~ вчт. знак начала текста stroked ~ вчт. штриховой знак substitute ~ вчт. знак замены switch ~ вчт. символ переключения symbolic ~ вчт. символьный знак tabulation ~ вчт. знак табуляции terminating ~ вчт. оконечный знак throw-away ~ вчт. отбрасываемый знак transmission control ~ вчт. знак управления передачей unprintable ~ вчт. непечатаемый символ unusual ~ вчт. экзотический символ vertical tabulation ~ вчт. знак вертикальной табуляции white-space ~ вчт. разделитель who-are-you ~ вчт. символ запроса автоответчика wildcard ~ вчт. безразличный символ, джокер, символ-заменитель

Большой англо-русский и русско-английский словарь > character
9 play

[plei] 1. verb
1) (to amuse oneself: The child is playing in the garden; He is playing with his toys; The little girl wants to play with her friends.) lege

2) (to take part in (games etc): He plays football; He is playing in goal; Here's a pack of cards - who wants to play (with me)?; I'm playing golf with him this evening.) spille

3) (to act in a play etc; to act (a character): She's playing Lady Macbeth; The company is playing in London this week.) spille; optræde

4) ((of a play etc) to be performed: `Oklahoma' is playing at the local theatre.) gå; opføres

5) (to (be able to) perform on (a musical instrument): She plays the piano; Who was playing the piano this morning?; He plays (the oboe) in an orchestra.) spille

6) ((usually with on) to carry out or do (a trick): He played a trick on me.) lave sjov

7) ((usually with at) to compete against (someone) in a game etc: I'll play you at tennis.) spille mod

8) ((of light) to pass with a flickering movement: The firelight played across the ceiling.) reflektere

9) (to direct (over or towards something): The firemen played their hoses over the burning house.) rette mod

10) (to put down or produce (a playing-card) as part of a card game: He played the seven of hearts.) spille ud
2. noun
1) (recreation; amusement: A person must have time for both work and play.) leg

2) (an acted story; a drama: Shakespeare wrote many great plays.) skuespil

3) (the playing of a game: At the start of today's play, England was leading India by fifteen runs.) kamp

4) (freedom of movement (eg in part of a machine).) spillerum

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- player
- playable
- playful
- playfully
- playfulness
- playboy
- playground
- playing-card
- playing-field
- playmate
- playpen
- playschool
- plaything
- playtime
- playwright
- at play
- bring/come into play
- child's play
- in play
- out of play
- play at
- play back
- play down
- play fair
- play for time
- play havoc with
- play into someone's hands
- play off
- play off against
- play on
- play a
- no part in
- play safe
- play the game
- play up
* * *
[plei] 1. verb
1) (to amuse oneself: The child is playing in the garden; He is playing with his toys; The little girl wants to play with her friends.) lege

2) (to take part in (games etc): He plays football; He is playing in goal; Here's a pack of cards - who wants to play (with me)?; I'm playing golf with him this evening.) spille

3) (to act in a play etc; to act (a character): She's playing Lady Macbeth; The company is playing in London this week.) spille; optræde

4) ((of a play etc) to be performed: `Oklahoma' is playing at the local theatre.) gå; opføres

5) (to (be able to) perform on (a musical instrument): She plays the piano; Who was playing the piano this morning?; He plays (the oboe) in an orchestra.) spille

6) ((usually with on) to carry out or do (a trick): He played a trick on me.) lave sjov

7) ((usually with at) to compete against (someone) in a game etc: I'll play you at tennis.) spille mod

8) ((of light) to pass with a flickering movement: The firelight played across the ceiling.) reflektere

9) (to direct (over or towards something): The firemen played their hoses over the burning house.) rette mod

10) (to put down or produce (a playing-card) as part of a card game: He played the seven of hearts.) spille ud
2. noun
1) (recreation; amusement: A person must have time for both work and play.) leg

2) (an acted story; a drama: Shakespeare wrote many great plays.) skuespil

3) (the playing of a game: At the start of today's play, England was leading India by fifteen runs.) kamp

4) (freedom of movement (eg in part of a machine).) spillerum

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- player
- playable
- playful
- playfully
- playfulness
- playboy
- playground
- playing-card
- playing-field
- playmate
- playpen
- playschool
- plaything
- playtime
- playwright
- at play
- bring/come into play
- child's play
- in play
- out of play
- play at
- play back
- play down
- play fair
- play for time
- play havoc with
- play into someone's hands
- play off
- play off against
- play on
- play a
- no part in
- play safe
- play the game
- play up

English-Danish dictionary > play
10 character

['kærəktə] 1. noun
1) (the set of qualities that make someone or something different from others; type: You can tell a man's character from his handwriting; Publicity of this character is not good for the firm.) egenskab; personlighed

2) (a set of qualities that are considered admirable in some way: He showed great character in dealing with the danger.) karakterstyrke

3) (reputation: They tried to damage his character.) rygte; ry; navn

4) (a person in a play, novel etc: Rosencrantz is a minor character in Shakespeare's `Hamlet'.) figur; skikkelse; person; rolle

5) (an odd or amusing person: This fellow's quite a character!) original

6) (a letter used in typing etc: Some characters on this typewriter are broken.) type

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- characteristic
2. noun
(a typical quality: It is one of his characteristics to be obstinate.) karaktertræk

- characteristically
- characterize
- characterise
- characterization
- characterisation
* * *
['kærəktə] 1. noun
1) (the set of qualities that make someone or something different from others; type: You can tell a man's character from his handwriting; Publicity of this character is not good for the firm.) egenskab; personlighed

2) (a set of qualities that are considered admirable in some way: He showed great character in dealing with the danger.) karakterstyrke

3) (reputation: They tried to damage his character.) rygte; ry; navn

4) (a person in a play, novel etc: Rosencrantz is a minor character in Shakespeare's `Hamlet'.) figur; skikkelse; person; rolle

5) (an odd or amusing person: This fellow's quite a character!) original

6) (a letter used in typing etc: Some characters on this typewriter are broken.) type

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- characteristic
2. noun
(a typical quality: It is one of his characteristics to be obstinate.) karaktertræk

- characteristically
- characterize
- characterise
- characterization
- characterisation

English-Danish dictionary > character
11 character

1. n характер; нрав

herbaceous character — травянистый характер

sameness of character — сходство характера

to corrupt the character — портить характер

unbending character — непреклонный характер

camphoraceous character — камфорный характер

2. n сильный характер

a man of character — человек с характером, волевой человек

deposits of mixed character — депозиты смешанного характера

a severe test of character — серьёзное испытание характера

angularity of character — трудный, неровный характер

an unballasted character — неуравновешенный характер

the hardpan of character — основная черта характера

3. n честность; моральная устойчивость

character building — воспитательная работа; воспитание характера, формирование морального облика

immoral character — репутация аморальной личности; аморальная личность

4. n характер; качество; природа

the character of the northern plains is different from that of the South — по своему характеру северные равнины отличаются от равнин юга

to see a thing in its true character — видеть вещь в её истинном свете

code of general character — кодекс общего характера

partial ionic character — частично ионный характер

optical character — характер оптической активности

malign character — злобный нрав, скверный характер

diagnosis of a character — точная оценка характера

5. n официальное качество; положение; статус, достоинство, ранг, звание, сан

under the character of — в качестве; под именем

6. n характерная особенность; отличительный признак; свойство

the trunk is a character found only in elephants — хобот — это характерная особенность, встречающаяся только у слонов

additional character — дополнительный демаскирующий признак

message-beginning character — признак начала сообщения

electrolytic character — электролитическое свойство

message-ending character — признак конца сообщения

end-of-message character — признак конца сообщения

7. n биол. признак

innate characters — наследственные признаки

oligogenic character — олигогенный признак

Mendelian character — менделирующий признак

end-of-word character — признак конца слова

incipient character — зарождающийся признак

ecological character — экологический признак

8. n репутация

character assassin — злостный клеветник

character assassination — злостная клевета; подрыв репутации

he has an excellent character for honesty — он имеет репутацию безукоризненно честного человека, он славится своей честностью

bad character — дурная репутация

good character — хорошая репутация

known character — заведомая репутация

to injure character — повредить репутации

doubtful character — сомнительная репутация

9. n письменная рекомендация; характеристика; аттестация

character rating — служебная характеристика

character certificate — служебная характеристика; аттестация

character sketch — образ, характер, характеристика

testimonial as to character — характеристика

operating character — рабочая характеристика

certificate of character — аттестация

10. n фигура, личность

a bad character — тёмная личность

shady character — тёмная личность

sinister character — тёмная личность

suspicious character — тёмная личность

dubious character — подозрительная личность

a negative character — бесцветная личность

11. n разг. чудак, оригинал, своеобразная личность

quite a character — большой оригинал

12. n лит. герой, персонаж; тип; образ, действующее лицо

to individualize a character — подробно раскрыть образ

police character — лицо, состоящее на учёте в полиции

character string data — данные типа строки символов

face-change character — символ смены типа шрифтов

font-change character — символ смены типа шрифта

13. n роль

to play the character of Macbeth — исполнять роль Макбета

character actress — актриса на характерные роли

14. n литера; буква; цифра; печатный знак

fucntional character — функциональный знак

identify character — идентифицировать знак

nonprintable character — непечатаемый знак

projected character — спроецированный знак

screened character — «растрированный» знак

15. n иероглиф, идеограмма

Chinese has no alphabet and is written in characters — китайский язык не имеет алфавита и пользуется иероглифической письменностью

16. n шрифт; графика, письмо

a book in Gothic character — книга, напечатанная готическим шрифтом

battered character — корректурное указание < сбитый шрифт>

face change character — символ смены начертания шрифта

black character — литера выделительного шрифта

character graphics — символьная графика

17. n знак; условное обозначение

magic characters — магические знаки

type character — знак

character size — длина знака

character key — клавиша знака

character row — строка знаков

insert character — ввод знака

18. n символ

command character — управляющий символ

character display — текстовый дисплей

switch character — символ переключения; переключающий символ

coded character — закодированный знак; закодированный символ

character recognition circuit — схема распознавания символов

admissible character — разрешенный символ; допустимый символ

hand-written character — рукописный знак; рукописный символ

19. n опознавательный знак; клеймо, марка, тавро

stamped with the character of sublimity — отмеченный печатью шифр, код; тайнопись

character line — строка знаков

character skew — перекос знака

character stroke — штрих знака

idle character — холостой знак

edge character — граничный знак

20. n кабалистический знак

that is quite in character with the man — это очень на него похоже; для него это типично

character digitizing on the fly — цифровое кодирование знака

affirmative character — знак подтверждения приема; квитанция

acknowledge character — знак подтверждения приема; квитанция

critical character pair — пара критически сочетаемых знаков

character coding — кодирование знаков; кодирование символов

21. a театр. характерный

character actor — характерный актёр ; актёр на характерных ролях

character actor — характерный актер

character make-up — характерный грим

melony character — характерный оттенок дыни

green character — характерный оттенок зелени

22. v характеризовать; давать характеристику, оценку

23. v арх. описывать; изображать

24. v арх. надписывать; вырезать надпись; гравировать

Синонимический ряд:

1. characteristic (noun) characteristic; features; mannerism; property; qualities; traits

2. credentials (noun) credentials; recommendation; reference; testimonial

3. disposition (noun) bent; cast; complexion; constitution; disposition; humor; individualism; make; makeup; make-up; manner; mien; nature; sort; spirit

4. eccentric (noun) case; eccentric; kook; nut; oddball; oddity; original; quiz; weirdo; zombie

5. individual (noun) individual; person

6. integrity (noun) credit; fame; honor; honour; integrity; name; report; reputation; repute

7. notable (noun) big; big boy; big gun; big shot; big-timer; bigwig; chief; dignitary; eminence; great gun; heavyweight; high-muck-a-muck; leader; lion; luminary; muckamuck; mugwump; nabob; nawob; notability; notable; personage; pooh-bah; pot; somebody; VIP

8. persona (noun) clothing; persona; role

9. personality (noun) identity; idiosyncrasy; individuality; mettle; personality; singularity; style; temper; temperament

10. principles (noun) fibre; honesty; principles; probity; rectitude

11. quality (noun) affection; attribute; birthmark; feature; peculiarity; point; quality; savor; savour; trait; virtue

12. status (noun) capacity; footing; place; position; rank; situation; standing; state; station; status

13. symbol (noun) byte; cipher; digit; emblem; figure; letter; mark; sign; symbol

14. type (noun) breed; class; cut; description; feather; ilk; kidney; kind; lot; mold; order; persuasion; species; stamp; stripe; type; variety; way

Антонимический ряд:

conformist; dishonor; disrepute

English-Russian base dictionary > character
12 character

1. [ʹkærıktə] n
1. 1) характер; нрав

2) сильный характер

a man of character - человек с (сильным) характером, волевой человек

he has no character at all - он человек безвольный, он тряпка

3) честность; моральная устойчивость

character building - воспитательная работа; воспитание характера, формирование морального облика (ребёнка и т. п.)

2. характер; качество; природа

the character of the northern plains is different from that of the South - по своему характеру северные равнины отличаются от равнин юга

to see a thing in its true character - видеть вещь в её истинном свете

people of this character - люди такого рода /склада/

advertising of a very primitive character - реклама самого примитивного пошиба

3. официальное качество; положение; статус, достоинство, ранг, звание, сан

under the character of - в качестве; под именем

he spoke in the character of lawyer - он выступал в качестве адвоката

4. 1) характерная особенность; отличительный признак; свойство

the trunk is a character found only in elephants - хобот - это характерная особенность, встречающаяся только у слонов

2) биол. признак

innate characters - наследственные /врождённые/ признаки

acquired character - приобретённый признак

dominant [recessive] character - доминантный [рецессивный] признак

5. 1) репутация

character assassin - злостный клеветник

character assassination - злостная клевета; подрыв репутации

he has an excellent character for honesty - он имеет репутацию безукоризненно честного человека, он славится своей честностью

he has gained the character of a miser - он заслужил славу скряги

left without a shred of character - потеряв доброе имя

2) письменная рекомендация; характеристика; аттестация

character rating - амер. служебная характеристика

character certificate - воен. служебная характеристика; аттестация

the servant came with a good character - слуга пришёл с хорошей рекомендацией

she gives you a bad character - она вас не хвалит

6. 1) фигура, личность

a bad character - тёмная личность

public character - общественный деятель

he was a great character in his day - в своё время он был крупной фигурой

2) разг. чудак, оригинал, своеобразная личность

quite a character - большой оригинал

a bit of a character - человек со странностями /с причудами/

7. 1) лит. герой, персонаж; тип; образ, действующее лицо

2) роль ( в пьесе)

to play the character of Macbeth - исполнять роль Макбета

8. 1) литера; буква; цифра; печатный знак

2) иероглиф, идеограмма

Chinese has no alphabet and is written in characters - китайский язык не имеет алфавита и пользуется иероглифической письменностью

3) шрифт; графика, письмо

a book in Gothic character - книга, напечатанная готическим шрифтом

Runic character - руническое письмо

4) знак (астрономический и т. п.); условное обозначение

magic characters - магические знаки /символы/

5) символ ( в языке ЭВМ)

command character - управляющий символ

character display - текстовый дисплей

character graphics - символьная графика, псевдографика

character mode - текстовый /символьный/ режим

9. опознавательный знак; клеймо, марка, тавро

stamped with the character of sublimity - образн. отмеченный печатью величия

10. шифр, код; тайнопись

11. кабалистический знак

♢ to be in character (with) - соответствовать (чему-л.)

that is quite in character with the man - это очень на него похоже; для него это типично

to be out of character (with) - не соответствовать (чему-л.); не вязаться, быть несовместимым (с чем-л.)

it is out of character for small children to sit still for a long time - маленьким детям несвойственно долго сидеть смирно
2. [ʹkærıktə] a театр.
характерный

character actor [actress] - характерный актёр [-ая актриса]; актёр [актриса] на характерных ролях

character part - характерная роль
3. [ʹkærıktə] v
1. характеризовать; давать характеристику, оценку (кому-л., чему-л.)

2. арх. описывать; изображать

3. арх. надписывать; вырезать надпись; гравировать

НБАРС > character
13 play

1. noun
1) (Theatre) [Theater]stück, das

put on a play — ein Stück aufführen

2) (recreation) Spielen, das; Spiel, das

at play — beim Spielen

say/do something in play — etwas aus od. im od. zum Spaß sagen/tun

play [up]on words — Wortspiel, das

3) (Sport) Spiel, das; (Amer.): (manoeuvre) Spielzug, der

a good piece of play — ein guter Spielzug

be in/out of play — [Ball:] im Spiel/aus [dem Spiel] sein

make a play for somebody/something — (fig. coll.) hinter jemandem/etwas her sein (ugs.); es auf jemanden/etwas abgesehen haben

4)

come into play, be brought or called into play — ins Spiel kommen

make [great] play with something — viel Wesen um etwas machen

5) (freedom of movement) Spiel, das (Technik); (fig.) Spielraum, der

give full play to one's emotions/imagination — etc. (fig.) seinen Gefühlen/seiner Fantasie usw. freien Lauf lassen

6) (rapid movement)

the play of light on water — das Spiel des Lichts auf Wasser
2. intransitive verb
1) spielen

play for money — um Geld spielen

have no one to play with — niemanden zum Spielen haben

play [up]on words — Wortspiele/ein Wortspiel machen

not have much time to play with — (coll.) zeitlich nicht viel Spielraum haben

play into somebody's hands — (fig.) jemandem in die Hand od. Hände arbeiten

play safe — sichergehen; auf Nummer Sicher gehen (ugs.)

play for time — Zeit gewinnen wollen

2) (Mus.) spielen (on auf + Dat.)
3. transitive verb
1) (Mus.): (perform on) spielen

play the violin — etc. Geige usw. spielen

play something on the piano — etc. etwas auf dem Klavier usw. spielen

play something by ear — etwas nach dem Gehör spielen

play it by ear — (fig.) es dem Augenblick/der Situation überlassen

2) spielen [Grammophon, Tonbandgerät]; abspielen [Schallplatte, Tonband]; spielen lassen [Radio]

3) (Theatre; also fig.) spielen

play a town — in einer Stadt spielen

play the fool/innocent — den Clown/Unschuldigen spielen

4) (execute, practise)

play a trick/joke on somebody — jemanden hereinlegen (ugs.) /jemandem einen Streich spielen

5) (Sport, Cards) spielen [Fußball, Karten, Schach usw.]; spielen od. antreten gegen [Mannschaft, Gegner]

play a match — einen Wettkampf bestreiten; (in team games) ein Spiel machen

he played me at chess/squash — er war im Schach/Squash mein Gegner

play it safe — auf Nummer Sicher gehen

6) (Sport) ausführen [Schlag]; (Cricket etc.) schlagen [Ball]

7) (Cards) spielen

play one's cards right — (fig.) es richtig anfassen (fig.)

8) (coll.): (gamble on)

play the market — spekulieren (in mit od. Wirtsch. in + Dat.)

Phrasal Verbs:

- academic.ru/56069/play_about">play about

- play along

- play around

- play at

- play back

- play down

- play off

- play on

- play up

- play upon

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[plei] 1. verb
1) (to amuse oneself: The child is playing in the garden; He is playing with his toys; The little girl wants to play with her friends.) spielen

2) (to take part in (games etc): He plays football; He is playing in goal; Here's a pack of cards - who wants to play (with me)?; I'm playing golf with him this evening.) spielen

3) (to act in a play etc; to act (a character): She's playing Lady Macbeth; The company is playing in London this week.) spielen

4) ((of a play etc) to be performed: `Oklahoma' is playing at the local theatre.) spielen

5) (to (be able to) perform on (a musical instrument): She plays the piano; Who was playing the piano this morning?; He plays (the oboe) in an orchestra.) spielen

6) ((usually with on) to carry out or do (a trick): He played a trick on me.) spielen

7) ((usually with at) to compete against (someone) in a game etc: I'll play you at tennis.) spielen

8) ((of light) to pass with a flickering movement: The firelight played across the ceiling.) spielen

9) (to direct (over or towards something): The firemen played their hoses over the burning house.) richten

10) (to put down or produce (a playing-card) as part of a card game: He played the seven of hearts.) ausspielen
2. noun
1) (recreation; amusement: A person must have time for both work and play.) das Spiel

2) (an acted story; a drama: Shakespeare wrote many great plays.) das Schauspiel

3) (the playing of a game: At the start of today's play, England was leading India by fifteen runs.) das Spiel

4) (freedom of movement (eg in part of a machine).) der Spielraum

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- player
- playable
- playful
- playfully
- playfulness
- playboy
- playground
- playing-card
- playing-field
- playmate
- playpen
- playschool
- plaything
- playtime
- playwright
- at play
- bring/come into play
- child's play
- in play
- out of play
- play at
- play back
- play down
- play fair
- play for time
- play havoc with
- play into someone's hands
- play off
- play off against
- play on
- play a
- no part in
- play safe
- play the game
- play up
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play

[pleɪ]

I. NOUN

1. no pl (recreation) Spiel nt

to be at \play beim Spiel sein, spielen

to do sth in \play etw [nur] zum Spaß tun

it's only in \play es ist doch nur Spaß

2. no pl SPORT (game time) Spiel nt

rain stopped \play wegen des Regens wurde das Spiel unterbrochen

the start/close of \play der Beginn/das Ende des Spiels

to be in/out of \play im Spiel/im Aus sein

3. AM SPORT (move) Spielzug m

to make a bad/good \play ein schlechtes/gutes Spiel machen

a foul \play ein Foul[spiel] nt

4. THEAT [Theater]stück nt

to go to see a \play ins Theater gehen

one-act \play Einakter m

to put on [or stage] [or ( fam) do] a \play ein Stück inszenieren

radio \play Hörspiel nt

television \play Fernsehspiel nt, Fernsehfilm m

5. no pl (change)

the \play of emotion across his face revealed his conflict seine widerstreitenden Gefühle spiegelten sich in seinem Gesicht wider

the \play of light [on sth] das Spiel des Lichts [auf etw dat]

6. (freedom) Spielraum m; TECH Spiel nt

to allow [or give] sth full \play etw dat freien Lauf lassen

7. no pl (interaction) Zusammenspiel nt

to bring sth into \play etw ins Spiel bringen, etw einsetzen

to come into \play eine Rolle spielen

8. no pl ( old: gambling) Spielen nt

9. no pl (coverage) Medieninteresse nt, Aufmerksamkeit f in den Medien

to get a lot of \play das Interesse der Medien auf sich akk ziehen, Thema Nummer eins sein fam

10.

▶ to make a \play for sb/sth ( fam) sich akk an jdn/etw heranpirschen

▶ to make \play with sth mit etw dat spielen

▶ to make great \play of [or with] sth viel Aufhebens von etw dat machen

▶ \play on words Wortspiel nt

II. INTRANSITIVE VERB

1. (amuse oneself)

▪ to \play [somewhere] [irgendwo] spielen

can Jenny come out and \play? kann Jenny zum Spielen rauskommen?

to \play on the swings schaukeln

2. SPORT spielen

Leonora always \plays to win Leonora will immer gewinnen

to \play fair/rough fair/hart spielen

it wasn't really \playing fair not to tell her ( fig) es war nicht besonders fair, dass du ihr nichts gesagt hast

▪ to \play against sb gegen jdn spielen

they're a difficult team to \play against diese Mannschaft ist ein schwieriger Gegner

to \play for a city/team für eine Stadt/ein Team spielen

to \play in attack/defence in der Offensive/als Verteidiger/Verteidigerin spielen

to \play in goal den Torwart/die Torwartin spielen

to \play in the match am Spiel teilnehmen

3. actor spielen

‘Hamlet’ is \playing at the Guildhall in der Guildhall kommt zurzeit der ‚Hamlet‘

to \play opposite sb mit jdm [zusammen] spielen

to \play to a full house vor ausverkauftem Haus spielen

Macbeth \played to full houses die Macbeth-Vorstellungen waren immer ausverkauft

4. (musician) spielen; instrument ertönen

5. (move)

the searchlights \played across [or over] the facade die [Such]scheinwerfer strichen über die Fassade

we watched the light \playing on the water wir beobachteten das Spiel des Lichts auf dem Wasser

she could hear the fountain \playing sie hörte den Springbrunnen plätschern

a smile \played across [or on] [or over] his lips ein Lächeln spielte um seine Lippen

6. (gamble) spielen

to \play for fun zum Spaß [o ohne Einsatz] spielen

to \play for money um Geld spielen

7. ( fam: be received)

how will this \play with the voters? wie wird das bei den Wählern ankommen?

8. usu neg (cooperate) mitmachen

9. + adj (pretend)

to \play dumb sich akk taub stellen

10.

▶ to \play fast and loose with sb/sth mit jdm/bei etw dat ein falsches Spiel spielen

▶ to not be \playing with a full deck AM ( fam) nicht alle Tassen im Schrank haben fam

▶ to \play to the gallery billige Effekthascherei betreiben pej; politician populistische Stammtischparolen ausgeben pej

▶ to \play into sb's hands jdm in die Hände arbeiten

▶ to \play safe auf Nummer Sicher gehen fam

▶ to \play for time versuchen, Zeit zu gewinnen, auf Zeit spielen

III. TRANSITIVE VERB

1.

▪ to \play sth game etw spielen; position

Luke \plays centre forward/back Luke ist Mittelstürmer/Verteidiger

to \play a match ein Spiel bestreiten, spielen

2. (compete against)

▪ to \play sb gegen jdn spielen

James will be \playing Theo James wird gegen Theo antreten

3. (strike)

▪ to \play the ball den Ball spielen; (execute)

to \play a shot schießen; (in snooker) stoßen

to \play a stroke schlagen

4. (adopt)

to \play a part [or role] eine Rolle spielen

to \play an important part in sth bei etw dat eine wichtige Rolle spielen

5. (act)

▪ to \play sb/sth jdn/etw spielen; ( fig)

don't \play the innocent with me tu nicht so unschuldig

to \play the fool [or clown] herumalbern, rumspinnen pej fam, sich akk zum Narren machen

6. (function as)

to \play host to sb jds Gastgeber/Gastgeberin sein

to \play host to sth event etw ausrichten

7. (perform)

▪ to \play sth etw spielen

\play us a song [or a song for us] then! spiel uns ein Lied [vor]!

to \play sth by ear etw nach Gehör spielen

to \play it by ear ( fig fam) improvisieren

to \play an encore eine Zugabe geben

8. (perform on)

▪ to \play sth etw spielen

to \play the bagpipes/piano/violin Dudelsack/Klavier/Geige spielen

9. (perform at)

to play Berlin/London/San Francisco in Berlin/London/San Francisco spielen

10. (listen to)

▪ to \play sth CD, tape etw [ab]spielen

to \play the radio Radio hören

must you \play your radio loud? musst du dein Radio so laut stellen?

to \play one's stereo seine Anlage anhaben fam

11. (watch)

to \play a video sich dat ein Video ansehen; (insert) eine Videokassette einlegen

12. (broadcast)

they're \playing African music on the radio im Radio kommt gerade afrikanische Musik

13. (gamble)

to \play the horses auf Pferde wetten

to \play a slot machine an einem Spielautomaten spielen

to \play the stock market an der Börse spekulieren

14. (perpetrate)

to \play a trick [or joke] on sb jdn hochnehmen fig fam, jdn veräppeln fam; (practical joke) [jdm] einen Streich spielen

he's always \playing tricks der ist vielleicht ein Scherzkeks sl

15. (direct)

▪ to \play sth on [or onto] [or over] sth etw auf etw akk richten

the rescue team \played searchlights over the area das Rettungsteam ließ Scheinwerfer über die Gegend schweifen

16. CARDS (show)

to \play an ace/a king ein Ass/einen König [aus]spielen

to \play a trump einen Trumpf spielen

17. angler

to \play a fish einen Fisch auszappeln lassen (durch Nachlassen der Leine)

18. (treat)

▪ to \play sb for sth jdn wie etw behandeln

19.

▶ to \play ball [with sb] ( fam) [mit jdm] mitziehen [o mitspielen]

▶ to \play [with] one's cards close to one's chest ( fam) seine Karten nicht offenlegen fig

▶ to \play one's cards right geschickt taktieren

▶ to \play it cool ( fam) den Unbeteiligten spielen

▶ to \play ducks and drakes with sth BRIT (money) etw verprassen; (plans) etw durcheinanderbringen

▶ to \play ducks and drakes with sb BRIT jdn schlecht behandeln

▶ to \play sb false jdn hintergehen

▶ to \play second fiddle [to sb] [im Verhältnis zu jdm] die zweite Geige spielen fam

▶ to \play the field ( fam) sich akk umsehen

the firm continues to \play the field and negotiate with other companies die Firma sondiert das Terrain und verhandelt mit weiteren Firmen

▶ to \play footsie with sb ( fam: under table) mit jdm füßeln DIAL; (cooperate) mit jdm unter einer Decke stecken fam

▶ to \play the game BRIT sich akk an die [Spiel]regeln halten

▶ to \play gooseberry BRIT ( fam) das fünfte Rad am Wagen sein fam; (chaperone) den Anstandswauwau spielen hum fam

▶ to \play hard to get ( fam) sich akk unnahbar zeigen, einen auf unnahbar machen usu pej sl

▶ to \play hardball esp AM ( fam) andere Saiten aufziehen fig

▶ to \play havoc with sth etw durcheinanderbringen

▶ to \play [merry] hell with sth ( fam) etw völlig durcheinanderbringen

▶ to \play hook[e]y esp AM, AUS ( fam) blaumachen fam, schwänzen fam

▶ to \play a [or one's] hunch aus dem [hohlen] Bauch heraus agieren sl, seiner Nase folgen

▶ to \play possum (sleeping) sich akk schlafend stellen; (ignorant) sich akk dumm stellen

▶ to \play it safe auf Nummer Sicher gehen fam

▶ to \play silly buggers BRIT (sl) sich akk wie ein Idiot aufführen

▶ to \play truant [from school] BRIT schwänzen fam

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[pleɪ]
1. n

1) (= amusement, gambling) Spiel nt

to be at play — beim Spielen sein

to do/say sth in play — etw aus Spaß tun/sagen

play on words — Wortspiel nt

children at play —

children learn through play he lost £800 in a few hours' play — Kinder lernen beim Spiel er hat beim Spiel innerhalb von ein paar Stunden £ 800 verloren

2) (SPORT) Spiel nt

to abandon play — das Spiel abbrechen

because of bad weather play was impossible — es konnte wegen schlechten Wetters nicht gespielt werden

in a clever piece of play, in a clever play (US) — in einem klugen Schachzug

there was some exciting play toward(s) the end — gegen Ende gab es einige spannende (Spiel)szenen

to be in play/out of play (ball) — im Spiel/im Aus sein

to kick the ball out of play — den Ball aus or ins Aus schießen

3) (TECH, MECH) Spiel nt

1 mm (of) play — 1 mm Spiel

4) (THEAT) (Theater)stück nt; (RAD) Hörspiel nt; (TV) Fernsehspiel nt

the plays of Shakespeare — Shakespeares Dramen

5) (fig: moving patterns) Spiel nt

6)

(fig phrases) to come into play — ins Spiel kommen

to give full play to one's imagination — seiner Fantasie or Phantasie (dat) freien Lauf lassen

the game allows the child's imagination (to be given) full play — das Spiel gestattet die freie Entfaltung der kindlichen Fantasie

to bring or call sth into play — etw aufbieten or einsetzen

the play of opposing forces — das Widerspiel der Kräfte

the free play of market forces — das freie Spiel der Marktkräfte

to make great play of sth (Brit) — viel Aufhebens von etw machen

to make great play of doing sth (Brit) — viel Wind darum machen, etw zu tun

to make a play for sb — sich um jdn bemühen

to make a play for sth — es auf etw (acc) abgesehen haben

2. vt

1) game, card, ball, position spielen; player aufstellen, einsetzen

to play sb (at a game) — gegen jdn (ein Spiel) spielen

to play ball (with sb) — (mit jdm) mitspielen

to play shop — (Kaufmanns)laden spielen, Kaufmann spielen

to play a joke on sb — jdm einen Streich spielen

to play a mean/dirty trick on sb — jdn auf gemeine/schmutzige Art hereinlegen

to play the company game — sich in der Firma profilieren wollen

they're all playing the game — die machen doch alle mit

See:

→ card

2) (THEAT fig) part spielen; (= perform in) town spielen in (+dat)

to play it safe — auf Nummer sicher gehen (inf)

to play it cautious/clever — vorsichtig/klug vorgehen

to play the fool — den Clown spielen, herumblödeln

he was playing the jealous lover — er spielte den eifersüchtigen Liebhaber

See:

→ cool

3) instrument, record, tune spielen

to play the piano — Klavier spielen

to play sth through/over — etw durchspielen

4) (= direct) lights, jet of water richten

5) (FISHING) drillen

3. vi

1) (esp child) spielen

to go out to play —

run away and play! — geh spielen!

can Johnny come out to play? — darf Johnny zum Spielen rauskommen?

he wouldn't play (fig inf) — er wollte nicht mitspielen (inf)

2) (SPORT at game = gamble) spielen

England plays against Scotland next week — England spielt nächste Woche gegen Schottland

he plays for Celtic — er spielt für Celtic

to play at mothers and fathers/cowboys and Indians — Vater und Mutter/Cowboy und Indianer spielen

to play at being a fireman — Feuerwehrmann spielen

he was playing at being angry — seine Wut war gespielt

play! — Anspiel!

to play in defence — in der Abwehr spielen

to play in goal — im Tor stehen

he's just playing at it — er tut nur so

what are you playing at? (inf) — was soll (denn) das? (inf)

to play for money — um Geld spielen

to play for time (fig) — Zeit gewinnen wollen

to play into sb's hands (fig) — jdm in die Hände spielen

to play to one's strengths — seine Stärken ausspielen

3) (MUS) spielen

to play to sb — jdm vorspielen

4) (= move about, form patterns) (sun, light, water) spielen; (fountain) tanzen

a smile played on his lips — ein Lächeln spielte um seine Lippen

the firemen's hoses played on the flames — die Schläuche der Feuerwehrmänner waren auf die Flammen gerichtet

the searchlights played over the roofs — die Suchscheinwerfer strichen über die Dächer

5) (THEAT) (= act) spielen; (= be performed) gespielt werden

6) (SPORT ground, pitch) sich bespielen lassen

the pitch plays well/badly — auf dem Platz spielt es sich gut/schlecht

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play [pleı]

A s

1. (Glücks-, Wett-, Unterhaltungs) Spiel n ( auch SPORT)

2. Spiel(en) n:

children at play spielende Kinder;

watch children at play Kindern beim Spielen zusehen;

be at play

a) spielen,

b) Kartenspiel: am Ausspielen sein,

c) Schach: am Zug sein;

it is your play Sie sind am Spiel;

in (out of) play SPORT (noch) im Spiel (im Aus) (Ball);

keep the ball in play den Ball im Spiel halten;

the ball went out of play der Ball ging ins Aus;

hold in play fig beschäftigen;

have more of the play SPORT mehr vom Spiel haben, die größeren Spielanteile haben

3. Spiel(weise) n(f):

that was pretty play das war gut (gespielt);

fair play faires Spiel, a. fig Fairness f, Fairplay n, Anständigkeit f; → foul play

4. fig Spiel n, Spielerei f:

a play (up)on words ein Wortspiel

5. Kurzweil f, Vergnügen n, Zeitvertreib m

6. Scherz m, Spaß m:

in play im Scherz

7. a) Schauspiel n, (Theater-, Bühnen) Stück n

b) Vorstellung f:

go to a play ins Theater gehen;

(as) good as a play äußerst amüsant oder interessant

8. MUS Spiel n, Vortrag m

9. (Liebes) Spiel(e) n(pl), (erotisches) Spiel

10. fig Spiel n (von Licht auf Wasser etc):

play of colo(u)rs (muscles) Farben-(Muskel)spiel

11. (flinke) Handhabung (meist in Zusammensetzungen): → swordplay

12. Tätigkeit f, Bewegung f, Gang m:

bring ( oder put) into play

a) in Gang bringen,

b) ins Spiel oder zur Anwendung bringen, all seine Routine etc aufbieten;

come into play ins Spiel kommen;

make play

a) Wirkung haben,

b) seinen Zweck erfüllen;

make play with zur Geltung bringen, sich brüsten mit;

make great play of sth viel Aufheben(s) oder Wesens von etwas machen;

in full play in vollem Gange;

lively play of fantasy lebhafte Fantasie

13. a) TECH Spiel n:

give the rope some play das Seil locker lassen

b) Bewegungsfreiheit f, fig auch Spielraum m:

full play of the mind freie Entfaltung des Geistes;

allow ( oder give) full ( oder free) play to einer Sache, seiner Fantasie etc freien Lauf lassen

14. umg Manöver n, Trick m, Schachzug m:

make a play for sich bemühen um, es abgesehen haben auf (akk)

15. US sl

a) Beachtung f

b) Publizität f, Propaganda f

B v/i

1. a) spielen ( auch MUS, SPORT, THEAT und fig)( for um Geld etc)

b) mitspielen (auch fig mitmachen):

play at Ball, Karten etc spielen; fig sich nur so nebenbei mit etwas beschäftigen;

play at business ein bisschen in Geschäften machen;

play at keeping shop Kaufmann spielen;

play for time Zeit zu gewinnen suchen; SPORT auf Zeit spielen;

play for a cup einen Pokal ausspielen;

play to win auf Sieg spielen;

what do you think you are playing at? was soll denn das?;

play (up)on MUS auf einem Instrument spielen; mit Worten spielen; fig jemandes Schwächen (geschickt) ausnutzen;

play with spielen mit (a. fig einem Gedanken, jemandes Gefühlen etc; a. engS. herumfingern an);

play up to jemandem schöntun, sich bei jemandem einschmeicheln;

play safe umg auf Nummer sicher gehen;

he will not play again this season er fällt für den Rest der Saison aus; → fair¹ B 4, false B, gallery 3 a

2. a) Kartenspiel: ausspielen

b) Schach: am Zug sein, ziehen:

white to play Weiß zieht oder ist am Zuge

3. a) herumspielen, sich amüsieren

b) Unsinn treiben

c) scherzen

4. a) sich tummeln

b) flattern, gaukeln

c) spielen (Lächeln, Licht etc) (on auf dat)

d) schillern (Farbe)

e) in Betrieb sein (Springbrunnen)

5. a) schießen

b) spritzen

c) strahlen, streichen:

play on gerichtet sein auf (akk), bespritzen (Schlauch, Wasserstrahl), anstrahlen, absuchen (Scheinwerfer)

6. TECH

a) Spiel (-raum) haben

b) sich bewegen (Kolben etc)

7. be playing well SPORT gut bespielbar sein (Platz)

C v/t

1. Karten, Tennis etc, auch MUS, THEAT eine Rolle, ein Stück etc spielen, eine Nationalhymne abspielen, SPORT ein Spiel austragen:

play (sth on) the piano (etwas auf dem) Klavier spielen;

play sb sth jemandem etwas vorspielen;

play shop (pirates) Kaufmann (Piraten) spielen;

play the great lady sich als große Dame aufspielen;

play both ends against the middle fig vorsichtig lavieren, raffiniert vorgehen;

play it safe umg auf Nummer sicher gehen;

play it differently es anders handhaben oder machen;

play it low down sl ein gemeines Spiel treiben (on mit jemandem);

play the races bei (Pferde)Rennen wetten;

played out fig

a) erledigt‘, fertig, erschöpft,

b) verbraucht (Talent etc), abgetakelt (Schauspieler etc),

c) abgedroschen (Witz), überstrapaziert (These etc); (siehe die Verbindungen mit den entsprechenden Substantiven)

2. SPORT

a) antreten oder spielen gegen:

play sb at chess gegen jemanden Schach spielen

b) einen Spieler aufstellen, in die Mannschaft (auf)nehmen

3. a) eine Karte ausspielen (auch fig)

b) eine Schachfigur ziehen

4. spielen oder Vorstellungen geben in (dat):

play the larger cities

5. ein Geschütz, einen Scheinwerfer, einen Licht- oder Wasserstrahl etc richten (on auf akk):

play a hose on sth etwas bespritzen;

play colo(u)red lights on sth etwas bunt anstrahlen

6. FUSSB the ball played him das war angeschossene Hand

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1. noun
1) (Theatre) [Theater]stück, das

put on a play — ein Stück aufführen

2) (recreation) Spielen, das; Spiel, das

at play — beim Spielen

say/do something in play — etwas aus od. im od. zum Spaß sagen/tun

play [up]on words — Wortspiel, das

3) (Sport) Spiel, das; (Amer.): (manoeuvre) Spielzug, der

a good piece of play — ein guter Spielzug

be in/out of play — [Ball:] im Spiel/aus [dem Spiel] sein

make a play for somebody/something — (fig. coll.) hinter jemandem/etwas her sein (ugs.); es auf jemanden/etwas abgesehen haben

4)

come into play, be brought or called into play — ins Spiel kommen

make [great] play with something — viel Wesen um etwas machen

5) (freedom of movement) Spiel, das (Technik); (fig.) Spielraum, der

give full play to one's emotions/imagination — etc. (fig.) seinen Gefühlen/seiner Fantasie usw. freien Lauf lassen

6) (rapid movement)

the play of light on water — das Spiel des Lichts auf Wasser
2. intransitive verb
1) spielen

play for money — um Geld spielen

have no one to play with — niemanden zum Spielen haben

play [up]on words — Wortspiele/ein Wortspiel machen

not have much time to play with — (coll.) zeitlich nicht viel Spielraum haben

play into somebody's hands — (fig.) jemandem in die Hand od. Hände arbeiten

play safe — sichergehen; auf Nummer Sicher gehen (ugs.)

play for time — Zeit gewinnen wollen

2) (Mus.) spielen (on auf + Dat.)
3. transitive verb
1) (Mus.): (perform on) spielen

play the violin — etc. Geige usw. spielen

play something on the piano — etc. etwas auf dem Klavier usw. spielen

play something by ear — etwas nach dem Gehör spielen

play it by ear — (fig.) es dem Augenblick/der Situation überlassen

2) spielen [Grammophon, Tonbandgerät]; abspielen [Schallplatte, Tonband]; spielen lassen [Radio]

3) (Theatre; also fig.) spielen

play a town — in einer Stadt spielen

play the fool/innocent — den Clown/Unschuldigen spielen

4) (execute, practise)

play a trick/joke on somebody — jemanden hereinlegen (ugs.) /jemandem einen Streich spielen

5) (Sport, Cards) spielen [Fußball, Karten, Schach usw.]; spielen od. antreten gegen [Mannschaft, Gegner]

play a match — einen Wettkampf bestreiten; (in team games) ein Spiel machen

he played me at chess/squash — er war im Schach/Squash mein Gegner

play it safe — auf Nummer Sicher gehen

6) (Sport) ausführen [Schlag]; (Cricket etc.) schlagen [Ball]

7) (Cards) spielen

play one's cards right — (fig.) es richtig anfassen (fig.)

8) (coll.): (gamble on)

play the market — spekulieren (in mit od. Wirtsch. in + Dat.)

Phrasal Verbs:

- play about

- play along

- play around

- play at

- play back

- play down

- play off

- play on

- play up

- play upon

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(theatre) n.

Stück -e n.

Theaterstück n. n.

Schauspiel n.

Spiel -e (mechanisch) n.

Spiel -e n. (at) cards expr.

Karten spielen ausdr. v.

spielen v.

English-german dictionary > play
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['kærəktə] 1. сущ.
1) характер, темперамент, нрав

man of character — человек с характером

man of no character — слабый, бесхарактерный человек

national character — национальный характер

to form / mold one's character — формировать, развивать характер

Syn:

temperament

2) личность, фигура

bad character — тёмная личность

disreputable character — человек с сомнительной репутацией

impeccable / stainless character — человек с безупречной репутацией

lovable character — любвеобильный человек

true character — истинная личность, настоящий человек

upright character — честный человек

public character — общественный деятель

to reflect smb.'s character — копировать кого-л., стараться быть похожим на кого-л.

3) репутация

4) лит. образ, герой; тип; роль, действующее лицо

fictitious character — вымышленный персонаж

leading / main / major / principal character — главный герой; актёр, играющий главную роль

minor / supporting character — второстепенный персонаж; актёр второго состава

to play / portray a character — играть роль какого-л. персонажа ( в пьесе)

to delineate / depict / draw a character — нарисовать образ, изобразить героя

to develop a character — развить чей-л. образ, разработать чей-л. образ

to kill off a character — избавиться от какого-л. героя в пьесе

5) разг. оригинал, чудак, тип

He is quite a character. — Он такой оригинал!

6) качество, свойство

7) признак; характерная особенность, отличительный признак

- innate character
- acquired character
- character dance
8) письменная рекомендация, характеристика

9) буква, иероглиф; цифра; письмо; знак, символ; клеймо

to form / trace / write characters — выписывать буквы, цифры, иероглифы

- Arabic character
- cuneiform character
- Cyrillic character
- Greek character
- Latin character
- mathematical character
- Chinese characters
- Runic character
10) почерк

Written in an unsteady character. — Написанное неровным почерком.

11) полигр. литера

12) полигр. гарнитура

13) шифр ( для передачи секретных сообщений)

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to be in character (with smth.) — соответствовать (чему-л.)

to be out of character — не соответствовать
2. прил.; театр.
хара́ктерный

- character actor
3. гл.
1) характеризовать; давать характеристику, описывать

You have well charactered him. — Вы хорошо его охарактеризовали.

So has the year been charactered with woe. (K. White, Christmas-Day, 1800) — Так год отмечен был печатью скорби.

2) вырезать, гравировать

Syn:

engrave, inscribe

3) писать

4) запечатлевать

Syn:

embody

5) уст. представлять, являть, символизировать

Tiger characters here a predator. — Тигр здесь символизирует саму идею хищника.

Англо-русский современный словарь > character
15 character

1. сущ.
1)

а) общ. характер; нрав

to form one's character — формировать личность

firm [strong\] character — сильная личность

б) общ. сильный характер

man of character — человек с (сильным) характером

man of no character — слабый, бесхарактерный человек

в) общ. честность; моральная устойчивость

character building — воспитательная работа; воспитание характера, формирование морального облика (ребенка и т. п.)

2) общ. характер, качество, природа

to see a thing in its true character — видеть вещь в ее истинном свете

advertising of a very primitive character — реклама самого примитивного пошиба

3)

а) общ. характерная особенность, отличительный признак

The trunk is a character found only in elephants. — Хобот это характерная особенность, встречающаяся только у слонов.

б) мед. признак

innate characters — наследственные [врожденные\] признаки

dominant [recessive\] character — доминантный [рецессивный\] признак

4)

а) общ. репутация

character assassination — злостная клевета; подрыв репутации

He has gained the character of a miser. — Он заслужил славу скряги.

б) общ. письменная рекомендация, характеристика

5)

а) общ. личность, фигура

bad [shady\] character — темная личность

disreputable character — человек с сомнительной репутацией

б) общ., разг. оригинал, чудак, тип

He is quite a character. — Он большой оригинал.

6)

а) общ. образ, герой, тип; действующее лицо (в литературе, драматургии, кинематографии)

б) общ. роль (в пьесе, фильме)

to play the character of Macbeth — исполнять роль Макбета

7)

а) общ. буква, иероглиф; цифра; (печатный) знак

to form [trace, write\] characters — тщательно выписывать [выверять\] буквы [цифры, иероглифы\]

Arabic character — арабская вязь

cuneiform character — клинопись

mathematical character — математический знак, цифра

б) общ. знак, условное обозначение

magic characters — магические знаки [символы\]

в) комп. символ

character mode — текстовый [символьный\] режим

г) общ. шрифт; графика, письмо; письменность

Cyrillic character — кириллическая письменность

Latin character — латинская письменность

Runic character — руническое письмо

a book in Gothic character — книга, напечатанная готическим шрифтом

8) общ. опознавательный знак; клеймо, марка, тавро

9) общ. шифр, код ( для передачи секретных сообщений); тайнопись
2. гл.
1) общ. вырезать, гравировать

Syn:

engrave, inscribe

2) общ. писать

3) общ. запечатлевать

Syn:

embody

4) общ. представлять, являть, символизировать

Tiger characters here a predator. — Тигр здесь символизирует саму идею хищника.

5) общ. описывать; характеризовать; давать характеристику [оценку\] (кому-л. или чему-л.)

You have well charactered him. — Вы довольно точно описали его как человека.

So has the year been charactered with woe. — Год был годом скорби.
3. прил.
иск. характерный (в сценическом искусстве: выражающий определенный психологический тип)

character actor — характерный актер; актер, играющий характерные роли

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репутация
. . Словарь экономических терминов .
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Инвестиционная деятельность

деловая репутация

характеристика деловых качеств и кредитный рейтинг соискателя инвестиционных вкладов

Англо-русский экономический словарь > character
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plei
1. verb
1) (to amuse oneself: The child is playing in the garden; He is playing with his toys; The little girl wants to play with her friends.) jugar

2) (to take part in (games etc): He plays football; He is playing in goal; Here's a pack of cards - who wants to play (with me)?; I'm playing golf with him this evening.) jugar (a)

3) (to act in a play etc; to act (a character): She's playing Lady Macbeth; The company is playing in London this week.) representar, actuar

4) ((of a play etc) to be performed: `Oklahoma' is playing at the local theatre.) ser representado

5) (to (be able to) perform on (a musical instrument): She plays the piano; Who was playing the piano this morning?; He plays (the oboe) in an orchestra.) tocar

6) ((usually with on) to carry out or do (a trick): He played a trick on me.) gastar una broma (a alguien)

7) ((usually with at) to compete against (someone) in a game etc: I'll play you at tennis.) jugar contra

8) ((of light) to pass with a flickering movement: The firelight played across the ceiling.) rielar, bailar

9) (to direct (over or towards something): The firemen played their hoses over the burning house.) dirigir

10) (to put down or produce (a playing-card) as part of a card game: He played the seven of hearts.) jugar

2. noun
1) (recreation; amusement: A person must have time for both work and play.) diversión

2) (an acted story; a drama: Shakespeare wrote many great plays.) obra

3) (the playing of a game: At the start of today's play, England was leading India by fifteen runs.) partido

4) (freedom of movement (eg in part of a machine).) juego

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- player
- playable
- playful
- playfully
- playfulness
- playboy
- playground
- playing-card
- playing-field
- playmate
- playpen
- playschool
- plaything
- playtime
- playwright
- at play
- bring/come into play
- child's play
- in play
- out of play
- play at
- play back
- play down
- play fair
- play for time
- play havoc with
- play into someone's hands
- play off
- play off against
- play on
- play a
- no part in
- play safe
- play the game
- play up

play¹ n

1. obra de teatro

there's a Shakespeare play on at the local theatre representan una obra de Shakespeare en el teatro de la ciudad

2. juego

play is important for learning el juego es importante para aprender

play² vb

1. jugar

he is playing with his friends está jugando con sus amigos

she plays tennis and squash juega a tenis y a squash

2. tocar

he plays the trumpet toca la trompeta

play

tr[pleɪ]

noun

1 (recreation) juego

■ all work and no play mucho trabajo y nada de diversión

■ children at play niños jugando

2 SMALLSPORT/SMALL (action) juego; (match) partido; (move) jugada

■ rain has stopped play la lluvia ha interrumpido el juego

3 SMALLTHEATRE/SMALL obra (de teatro), pieza (teatral)

4 (free and easy movement, slack) juego

5 (action, effect, interaction) juego

transitive verb

1 (game, sport) jugar a

■ some played cards while the others played football algunos jugamos a cartas mientras otros jugaron a fútbol

■ do you play the Stock Exchange? ¿juegas a la Bolsa?

2 SMALLSPORT/SMALL (compete against) jugar contra; (in position) jugar de; (ball) pasar; (card) jugar; (piece) mover

■ Arsenal are playing Manchester tomorrow el Arsenal juega contra el Manchester mañana

■ have you played David at tennis? ¿has jugado al tenis con David?

3 SMALLMUSIC/SMALL tocar

■ she plays the piano toca el piano

■ play us something on the guitar tócanos algo a la guitarra

noun

1 (joke, trick) gastar, hacer

■ they played a dirty trick on me me jugaron una mala pasada

transitive verb

1 SMALLTHEATRE/SMALL (part) hacer el papel de, hacer de; (play) representar, dar

■ she plays the part of Juliet hace de Julieta

■ they're playing King Lear at the Royal representan el Rey Lear en el Royal

2 (record, song, tape) poner

3 (direct - light, water) dirigir

intransitive verb

1 (amuse oneself) jugar (at, a), ( with, con)

2 SMALLSPORT/SMALL (at game) jugar

■ he plays for England juega con la selección inglesa

3 SMALLTHEATRE/SMALL (cast) actuar, trabajar; (show) ser representado,-a

4 (pretend) pretender, jugar a

■ what are you playing at? ¿qué pretendes?, ¿a qué estás jugando?

5 SMALLMUSIC/SMALL tocar

6 (move) recorrer

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SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALL

a play on words un juego de palabras

to be in play estar dentro de juego

to be out of play estar fuera de juego

to be played out estar agotado,-a, estar rendido,-a

to bring something into play poner algo en juego

to come into play entrar en juego

to give full play to something dar rienda suelta a algo

to make a play for something/somebody intentar conseguir algo/conquistar a alguien

to play by ear (music) tocar de oído

to play dead hacerse el/la muerto,-a

to play for time tratar de ganar tiempo

to play hard to get hacerse de rogar, hacerse el/la interesante

to play into somebody's hands hacerle el juego a alguien

to play it by ear (improvise) decidir sobre la marcha, improvisar

to play it cool hacer como si nada

to play one's cards right jugar bien sus cartas

to play safe / play it safe ir a lo seguro, no arriesgarse

to play the fool hacer el indio, hacer el tonto

to play the game jugar limpio

to play truant hacer novillos, hacer campana

to play with an idea dar vueltas a una idea

to play with fire jugar con fuego

fair play / foul play juego limpio / juego sucio

play ['pleɪ] vi

1) : jugar

to play with a doll: jugar con una muñeca

to play with an idea: darle vueltas a una idea

2) fiddle, toy: jugar, juguetear

don't play with your food: no juegues con la comida

3) : tocar

to play in a band: tocar en un grupo

4) : actuar (en una obra de teatro)

play vt

1) : jugar (un deporte, etc.), jugar a (un juego), jugar contra (un contrincante)

2) : tocar (música o un instrumento)

3) perform: interpretar, hacer el papel de (un carácter), representar (una obra de teatro)

she plays the lead: hace el papel principal

play n

1) game, recreation: juego m

children at play: niños jugando

a play on words: un juego de palabras

2) action: juego m

the ball is in play: la pelota está en juego

to bring into play: poner en juego

3) drama: obra f de teatro, pieza f (de teatro)

4) movement: juego m (de la luz, una brisa, etc.)

5) slack: juego m

there's not enough play in the wheel: la rueda no da lo suficiente

play

n.

• drama s.m.

• holgura s.f.

• huelgo s.m.

• juego s.m.

• jugada s.f.

• obra dramática s.f.

• pieza s.f.

• recreo s.m. (A role)

v.

• desempeñar v. (An instrument)

v.

• tocar v. (To drum)

v.

• tañer v.

v.

• divertirse v.

• jugar v.

• juguetear v.

• representar v.

• reproducir (Electrónica) v.

• sonar v.

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noun

1)

a) u ( recreation) juego m

she watched them at play — los observaba mientras jugaban

b) u ( Sport) juego m

play was interrupted — se interrumpió el juego or el partido

to bring something/come into play — poner* algo/entrar en juego

c) c (AmE Sport) ( maneuver) jugada f

to make a play for somebody/something — (also BrE)

he made a play for her — trató de ganársela or de conquistársela

the company made a play for ownership of ABC Industries — la compañía intentó hacerse con ABC Industries

2) u ( interplay) juego m

the play of light and shadow — el juego de luces y sombras

3) u ( slack) ( Tech) juego m

4) c ( Theat) obra f (de teatro), pieza f (teatral), comedia f

radio play — obra f radiofónica

5) c ( pun)

a play on words — un juego de palabras

II
1.

1) transitive verb

Sense I

2)

a) \<\<cards/hopscotch\>\> jugar* a

let's play a game — vamos a jugar

to play a jokeick on somebody — hacerle* or gastarle una broma/una jugarreta a alguien

b) \<\<football/chess\>\> jugar* (AmL exc RPl), jugar* a (Esp, RPl)

3)

a) ( compete against) \<\<opponent\>\> jugar* contra

to play somebody AT something: I used to play her at chess — jugaba ajedrez or (Esp, RPl) al ajedrez con ella

b) \<\<ball\>\> pasar; \<\<card\>\> tirar, jugar*; \<\<piece\>\> mover*

c) ( in particular position) jugar* de

d) ( use in game) \<\<reserve\>\> alinear, sacar* a jugar

4) ( gamble on) jugar* a

to play the market — ( Fin) jugar* a la bolsa

Sense II

5) ( Theat)

a) \<\<villain/Hamlet\>\> representar el papel de, hacer* de, actuar* de

to play the innocent — hacerse* el inocente

b) \<\<scene\>\> representar

to play it cool — hacer* como si nada

to play (it) safe — ir* a la segura, no arriesgarse*

to play (it) straight — ser* sincero or honesto

c) \<\<theater/town\>\> actuar* en

6) ( Mus) \<\<instrument/note\>\> tocar*; \<\<piece\>\> tocar*, interpretar (frml)

7) ( Audio) \<\<tape/record\>\> poner*

Sense III

8) ( move) (+ adv compl)

they played the hoses over the blaze — movían las mangueras sobre las llamas

2.

1) vi

Sense I

2) ( amuse oneself) \<\<children\>\> jugar*

to play AT something — jugar* a algo

what are you playing at? — ¿a qué estás jugando?, ¿qué es lo que te propones?

to play WITH something/somebody — jugar* con algo/alguien

we don't have much time to play with — no disponemos de mucho tiempo

to play with oneself — (euph) toquetearse (euf)

3) (Games, Sport) jugar*

to play fair — jugar* limpio

to play fair with somebody — ser* justo con alguien

Sense II

4)

a) ( Theat) \<\<cast\>\> actuar*, trabajar; \<\<show\>\> ser* representado

the musical has been playing to packed houses — el musical ha estado llenando las salas

b) ( pretend)

to play dead — hacerse* el muerto

to play hard to get — hacerse* el (or la etc) interesante

5) ( Mus) \<\<musician\>\> tocar*

music was playing in the background — se escuchaba una música de fondo

Sense III

6) ( move)

lights played across the sky — un juego de luces recorrió el cielo

a smile played about his lips — un atisbo de sonrisa rondaba sus labios

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Phrasal Verbs:

- play about

- play along

- play around

- play back

- play down

- play off

- play on

- play out

- play up

- play upon

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1. N

1) (=recreation) juego m

• to be at play — estar jugando

• to do/say sth in play — hacer/decir algo en broma

2) (Sport) juego m; (=move, manoeuvre) jugada f, movida f

neat play — una bonita jugada

a clever piece of play — una hábil jugada

play began at three o'clock — el partido empezó a las tres

to be in play — [ball] estar en juego

to be out of play — [ball] estar fuera de juego
fair I, 1., 1), foul 5.
3) (Theat) obra f (de teatro), pieza f
plays teatro msing
the plays of Lope — las obras dramáticas de Lope, el teatro de Lope

radio/television play — obra f para radio/televisión

to be in a play — [actor] actuar en una obra
radio
4) (Tech etc) juego m

there's not enough play in the rope — la cuerda no da lo suficiente

there's too much play in the clutch — el embrague tiene demasiada holgura or va demasiado suelto

5) (fig) (=interaction)

the play of light on the water — el rielar de la luz sobre el agua

the play of light and dark in this picture — el efecto de luz y sombra en este cuadro

the free play of market forces — la libre interacción de los mercados

the play of ideas in the film is fascinating — el abanico de ideas en la película es fascinante

6) (figurative phrases)

• to bring or call into play — poner en juego

• to come into play — entrar en juego

• to make a play for sth/sb — intentar conseguir algo/conquistar a algn

to make (a) great play of sth — insistir en algo, hacer hincapié en algo

• a play on words — un juego de palabras

2. VT

1) [+ football, tennis, chess, bridge, cards, board game etc] jugar a; [+ game, match] jugar, disputar

do you play football? — ¿juegas al fútbol?

what position does he play? — ¿de qué juega?

to play centre-forward/centre-half etc — jugar de delantero centro/medio centro etc

they played him in goal — lo pusieron en la portería

• to play a game of tennis — jugar un partido de tenis

to play a game of cards (with sb) — echar una partida de cartas (con algn)

the children were playing a game in the garden — los niños estaban jugando (a un juego) en el jardín

don't play games with me! — (fig) ¡no me vengas con jueguecitos!, ¡no trates de engañarme!

- play the field

- play the game

2) [+ team, opponent] jugar contra

I played him twice — jugué contra él dos veces

last time we played Sunderland... — la última vez que jugamos contra Sunderland...

• to play sb at chess — jugar contra algn al ajedrez

I'll play you for the drinks — quien pierde paga

3) [+ card] jugar; [+ ball] golpear; [+ chess piece etc] mover; [+ fish] dejar que se canse, agotar

• he played the ball into the net — (Tennis) estrelló or golpeó la pelota contra la red

• to play the market — (St Ex) jugar a la bolsa

- play one's cards right or well

- he played his ace

- play ball

4) (=perform) [+ role, part] hacer, interpretar; [+ work] representar; (=perform in) [+ town] actuar en

what part did you play? — ¿qué papel tuviste?

when we played "Hamlet" — cuando representamos "Hamlet"

when I played Hamlet — cuando hice el papel de Hamlet

we shall be playing the West End — pondremos la obra en el West End

when we last played Blackpool — cuando actuamos la última vez en Blackpool

let's play it for laughs — hagámoslo de manera burlesca

to play the peacemaker/the devoted husband — (fig) hacer el papel de pacificador/de marido amantísimo

we could have played it differently — (fig) podríamos haber actuado de otra forma

- play it cool

- play it safe
book 1., 1), fool, trick 1., 1)
5) (Mus etc) [+ instrument, note] tocar; [+ tune, concerto] tocar, interpretar more frm; [+ tape, CD] poner, tocar

to play the piano/violin — tocar el piano/el violín

they played the 5th Symphony — tocaron or more frm interpretaron la Quinta Sinfonía

they were playing Beethoven — tocaban or more frm interpretaban algo de Beethoven

I can't play a note — no tengo ni idea de música

6) (=direct) [+ light, hose] dirigir

to play hoses on a fire — dirigir mangueras sobre un incendio

to play a searchlight on an aircraft — dirigir un reflector hacia un avión, hacer de un avión el blanco de un reflector

3. VI

1) (=amuse o.s.) [child] jugar; [puppy, kitten etc] jugar, juguetear

to go out to play — salir a jugar

to play with a stick — juguetear con un palo

to play with an idea — dar vueltas a una idea, barajar una idea

to play with one's food — comiscar

to play with fire — (fig) jugar con fuego

he's got money to play with — tiene dinero de sobra

how much time/money do we have to play with? — ¿con cuánto tiempo/dinero contamos?, ¿de cuánto tiempo/dinero disponemos?

he's just playing with you — se está burlando de ti

to play with o.s. * — euph tocarse, masturbarse

2) (Sport) (at game, gamble) jugar

play! — ¡listo!

who plays first? — ¿quién juega primero?

are you playing today? — ¿tu juegas hoy?

I've not played for a long time — hace mucho tiempo que no juego

• England are playing against Scotland in the final — Inglaterra jugará contra or se enfrentará a Escocia en la final

• to play at chess — jugar al ajedrez

they're playing at soldiers — están jugando a (los) soldados

he's just playing at it — lo hace para pasar el tiempo nada más

the little girl plays at being a woman — la niña juega a ser mujer

what are you playing at? * — pero ¿qué haces?, ¿qué te pasa?

• to play by the rules — (fig) acatar las normas

• to play fair — jugar limpio

• he plays for Liverpool — juega en el Liverpool

to play for money — jugar por dinero

to play for high stakes — (lit) apostar muy alto; (fig) poner mucho en juego

• to play in defence/goal — (Sport) jugar de defensa/de portero

• he played into the trees — (Golf) mandó la bola a la zona de árboles

- play for time

- play into sb's hands

- play to one's strengths

3) (Mus) [person] tocar; [instrument, record etc] sonar

do you play? — ¿sabes tocar?

a record was playing in the background — de fondo sonaba un disco

when the organ plays — cuando suena el órgano

• will you play for us? — ¿nos tocas algo?

• to play on the piano — tocar el piano

• to play to sb — tocar para algn

4) (Theat, Cine) (=act) actuar

to play in a film — trabajar en una película

we have played all over the South — hemos representado en todas partes del Sur

the film now playing at the Odeon — la película que se exhibe or proyecta en el Odeon

- play hard to get

- play dead
gallery
5) (=move about, form patterns) correr

the sun was playing on the water — rielaba el sol sobre el agua

a smile played on his lips — una sonrisa le bailaba en los labios

6) [fountain] correr, funcionar

4.

CPD

play clothes NPL — ropa f para jugar

play reading N — lectura f (de una obra dramática)

- play about

- play along

- play around

- play back

- play down

- play in

- play off

- play on

- play out

- play over

- play up

- play upon

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noun

1)

a) u ( recreation) juego m

she watched them at play — los observaba mientras jugaban

b) u ( Sport) juego m

play was interrupted — se interrumpió el juego or el partido

to bring something/come into play — poner* algo/entrar en juego

c) c (AmE Sport) ( maneuver) jugada f

to make a play for somebody/something — (also BrE)

he made a play for her — trató de ganársela or de conquistársela

the company made a play for ownership of ABC Industries — la compañía intentó hacerse con ABC Industries

2) u ( interplay) juego m

the play of light and shadow — el juego de luces y sombras

3) u ( slack) ( Tech) juego m

4) c ( Theat) obra f (de teatro), pieza f (teatral), comedia f

radio play — obra f radiofónica

5) c ( pun)

a play on words — un juego de palabras

II
1.

1) transitive verb

Sense I

2)

a) \<\<cards/hopscotch\>\> jugar* a

let's play a game — vamos a jugar

to play a joke/trick on somebody — hacerle* or gastarle una broma/una jugarreta a alguien

b) \<\<football/chess\>\> jugar* (AmL exc RPl), jugar* a (Esp, RPl)

3)

a) ( compete against) \<\<opponent\>\> jugar* contra

to play somebody AT something: I used to play her at chess — jugaba ajedrez or (Esp, RPl) al ajedrez con ella

b) \<\<ball\>\> pasar; \<\<card\>\> tirar, jugar*; \<\<piece\>\> mover*

c) ( in particular position) jugar* de

d) ( use in game) \<\<reserve\>\> alinear, sacar* a jugar

4) ( gamble on) jugar* a

to play the market — ( Fin) jugar* a la bolsa

Sense II

5) ( Theat)

a) \<\<villain/Hamlet\>\> representar el papel de, hacer* de, actuar* de

to play the innocent — hacerse* el inocente

b) \<\<scene\>\> representar

to play it cool — hacer* como si nada

to play (it) safe — ir* a la segura, no arriesgarse*

to play (it) straight — ser* sincero or honesto

c) \<\<theater/town\>\> actuar* en

6) ( Mus) \<\<instrument/note\>\> tocar*; \<\<piece\>\> tocar*, interpretar (frml)

7) ( Audio) \<\<tape/record\>\> poner*

Sense III

8) ( move) (+ adv compl)

they played the hoses over the blaze — movían las mangueras sobre las llamas

2.

1) vi

Sense I

2) ( amuse oneself) \<\<children\>\> jugar*

to play AT something — jugar* a algo

what are you playing at? — ¿a qué estás jugando?, ¿qué es lo que te propones?

to play WITH something/somebody — jugar* con algo/alguien

we don't have much time to play with — no disponemos de mucho tiempo

to play with oneself — (euph) toquetearse (euf)

3) (Games, Sport) jugar*

to play fair — jugar* limpio

to play fair with somebody — ser* justo con alguien

Sense II

4)

a) ( Theat) \<\<cast\>\> actuar*, trabajar; \<\<show\>\> ser* representado

the musical has been playing to packed houses — el musical ha estado llenando las salas

b) ( pretend)

to play dead — hacerse* el muerto

to play hard to get — hacerse* el (or la etc) interesante

5) ( Mus) \<\<musician\>\> tocar*

music was playing in the background — se escuchaba una música de fondo

Sense III

6) ( move)

lights played across the sky — un juego de luces recorrió el cielo

a smile played about his lips — un atisbo de sonrisa rondaba sus labios

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Phrasal Verbs:

- play about

- play along

- play around

- play back

- play down

- play off

- play on

- play out

- play up

- play upon

English-spanish dictionary > play
17 play

plei 1. verb
1) (to amuse oneself: The child is playing in the garden; He is playing with his toys; The little girl wants to play with her friends.) leke

2) (to take part in (games etc): He plays football; He is playing in goal; Here's a pack of cards - who wants to play (with me)?; I'm playing golf with him this evening.) spille

3) (to act in a play etc; to act (a character): She's playing Lady Macbeth; The company is playing in London this week.) spille, opptre i/som

4) ((of a play etc) to be performed: `Oklahoma' is playing at the local theatre.) oppføres, gå

5) (to (be able to) perform on (a musical instrument): She plays the piano; Who was playing the piano this morning?; He plays (the oboe) in an orchestra.) spille

6) ((usually with on) to carry out or do (a trick): He played a trick on me.) spille (noen) et puss

7) ((usually with at) to compete against (someone) in a game etc: I'll play you at tennis.) spille mot

8) ((of light) to pass with a flickering movement: The firelight played across the ceiling.) spille, blafre

9) (to direct (over or towards something): The firemen played their hoses over the burning house.) rette mot

10) (to put down or produce (a playing-card) as part of a card game: He played the seven of hearts.) spille ut
2. noun
1) (recreation; amusement: A person must have time for both work and play.) lek(ing), underholdning

2) (an acted story; a drama: Shakespeare wrote many great plays.) skuespill, drama, teaterstykke

3) (the playing of a game: At the start of today's play, England was leading India by fifteen runs.) spill

4) (freedom of movement (eg in part of a machine).) spillerom, klaring

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- player
- playable
- playful
- playfully
- playfulness
- playboy
- playground
- playing-card
- playing-field
- playmate
- playpen
- playschool
- plaything
- playtime
- playwright
- at play
- bring/come into play
- child's play
- in play
- out of play
- play at
- play back
- play down
- play fair
- play for time
- play havoc with
- play into someone's hands
- play off
- play off against
- play on
- play a
- no part in
- play safe
- play the game
- play up

lek
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spille
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spøk

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subst. \/pleɪ\/

1) lek, leking, spill

• full of play

full av lek

2) spøk, tull

3) ordspill

4) ( i spill) tur

• it's your play

det er din tur

5) hasardspill, gambling, spill

• high play

høyt spill

6) spill, fremførelse, forestilling

7) skuespill, teaterstykke, drama

• as good as a play

rene skuespillet

• let's go to a play!

vi går på teater!

8) spill

• the play of the muscles

musklenes spill

• play of colours

fargespill

• play of features

minespill

• the play of sunlight upon the water

solens spill på vannet

9) bevegelse, gang, virksomhet, aktivitet

10) spillerom, armslag

11) slark, klaring, rom, slakk

• give the rope more play

slakke på tauet, fire ut mer tau

12) arbeidsstans, arbeidsnedleggelse

13) (amerikansk fotball, også play offensive)

angrepsplan

allow\/give something full play la noe få fritt spillerom, la noe få utvikle seg fritt

• give one's powers full play

gi sine evner fritt utløp, la sine evner få utvikle seg uhindret

at play som deltar i lek

be at play delta i lek

be in full play være i full gang

bring into play sette i bevegelse, sette i gang

call into play sette i bevegelse, sette i gang, mobilisere, utvikle sette inn, spille inn, gjøre seg gjeldende

child's play se ➢ child

come into play eller be brought into play eller be called into play komme i gang, tre i kraft, gjøre seg gjeldende gjøre seg gjeldende, spille inn

dirty play skittent spill, stygt spill (i sport)

fair play fair play, ærlig spill

free play eller full play fritt spillerom, fritt utløp full handlefrihet

hold\/keep somebody in play holde noen sysselsatt

in play på spøk, på tull

• I only said it in play

jeg sa det bare på spøk

i lek, som lek ( om ball) i spill

make a play for ( slang) forsøke å sjekke opp

• make a play for a girl

forsøke å sjekke opp en jente

( slang) forsøke å vinne til seg, bearbeide

• make a play for new markets

bearbeide nye markeder

make play with gjøre et stort nummer av, kokettere med, bruke til å vise seg

out of play ( om ball) død, ute av spill, ute

place a play få satt opp et stykke

play fair with være renhårig mot

play on words ordspill

see fair play se til at det går riktig for seg

slow play ( sport) langsomt spill
II
verb \/pleɪ\/

1) leke

• play hide-and-seek

leke gjemsel

• play Indians

leke indianer

• what shall we play?

hva skal vi leke?

• play pirates

leke sjørøvere

2) (om sport og spill, også overført) spille

• let's play cards!

la oss spille kort!

• we played a board game

vi spilte et brettspill

• black to play

svart har spillet

3) ( sport) spille mot noen, spille mot et lag

4) spille, beherske (om musikkinstrument), fremføre, lyde (om selve instrumentet)

• do you play the piano?

spiller du piano?, kan du spille piano?

• she plays several instruments

hun behersker flere instrumenter

• she played a sonata

hun spilte en sonate, hun fremførte en sonate

• the organ is playing

orgelet spiller, orgelet lyder

• the organist played the congregation out

organisten spilte utgangssalmen

5) (om CD, CD-spiller e.l.) spille

• we sat at home playing CDs

vi satt hjemme og spilte CDer

6) spille (om rolle, drama, forestilling), fremføre (om drama), spille i\/på (om sted)

• play a farce

fremføre\/spille en farse

• play the gentleman

spille gentleman

• they played to a full house

de spilte for en fullsatt sal

• Hamlet is now playing at the Haymarket

Hamlet spilles nå på Haymarket

• they played all the major cities

de hadde forestillinger\/konserter i alle storbyene

7) spille, spille ut (om kort), flytte (om brikke)

8) ( i spill) vedde, by, gamble

9) ( om lys) leke, spille, skimre

• the lights played over their faces

lyset spilte over ansiktene deres

10) være i gang, være i funksjon

• the fountains play every Sunday

fontenene er på hver søndag

11) ( overført) leke

• his fancy played round the idea of moving abroad

han lekte med tanken på å flytte utenlands

• a smile played on his lips

det lekte et smil rundt munnen hans

• the wind played on the waves

vinden lekte i bølgene

12) (hverdagslig, spesielt ved streik) gå ledig

13) ( slang) samarbeide, være med, stille opp

14) (i sport, om ball eller slag) slå

15) rette, sikte, holde i gang

• play a hose on the fire

rette en brannslange mot flammene

play about løpe omkring og leke

• the children were playing about

barna løp omkring og lekte

opptre uansvarlig, tulle

• stop playing about!

slutt å tulle!

play about with leke med, klå på, fingre på, pille på

play along late som om en samarbeider

play a part spille en rolle ( overført) spille komedie

play around ha mange kjærlighetsforhold, flørte

• play around with somebody's affections

leke med noens følelser

være utro være promiskuøs

play at gjøre\/gjennomføre halvhjertet late som

• just what are you playing at?

hva er det egentlig du driver med?

play a trick on bedra, lure, narre

play away spille bort

• play away a fortune

spille bort en formue

play back ( om lydopptak) spille gjennom, høre gjennom

play down bagatellisere, avdramatisere, tone ned, dysse ned

• play down a piece of news

avdramatisere en nyhet

• he played down his own part in the affair

han bagatelliserte sin egen rolle i saken

play down to the crowd ( overført) spille for galleriet

played out utbrent, utslitt, tappet for energi gått av moten, ikke lenger nyttig

• this theory is played out

den teorien har spilt ut sin rolle, denne teorien har ikke lenger noe for seg

oppbrukt, ferdig

• the matter is played out

saken er ferdig

play false ( om spill) spille falskt

play fast and loose with leke med, behandle skjødesløst

play fetch leke kast pinnen (med hund)

• our dog loves to play fetch with the children

play first begynne

play for somebody akkompagnere noen, kompe noen

play hard to get gjøre seg kostbar, spille kostbar

play into somebody's hands gi noen overtaket uforvarende

play it by the ear ta det som det kommer, ta noe som det faller seg

play it cool ta det rolig, ha is i magen

play it down on utnytte grovt snyte

play it low\/down on somebody ( hverdagslig) utnytte noen grovt ( hverdagslig) lure noen, bedra noen

play low spille med lave innsatser ( musikk) spille lavt

play off spille ekstra kamp for å avgjøre en uavgjort kamp

• the match will be played off next week

det blir omkamp neste uke

play on\/upon spille på, utnytte

• she played on her father's fear of mice to get a cat

hun spilte på sin fars redsel for mus for å få en katt

play one person off against another sette to personer opp mot hverandre

play oneself out bli utmattet, bli utbrent

• the old actor had played himself out

den gamle skuespilleren var utbrent

slite seg ut

play out spille ut, spille til ende bruke opp

play over spille gjennom

• play over a tape

spille gjennom en kassett

play safe gardere seg, seife, ikke ta sjanser

play somebody spille mot noen

• England played Brazil

England spilte mot Brasil

• he played his sister at chess

han spilte sjakk mot søsteren sin

• on Saturday France plays Wales at rugby

på lørdag møter Frankrike Wales i rugby

( i kamp e.l.) la noen spille, sette inn noen, plassere noen, stille opp noen

• England played Smith as goalkeeper

England plasserte Smith i mål

play somebody along lure\/villede noen (over tid)

play the field (amer., hverdagslig) more seg, flørte være rundbrenner, feie over så mange som mulig, ta for seg

play the fool eller act the fool oppføre seg som en idiot, dumme seg ut

play the game ( også overført) følge spillereglene

play up ( britisk) være plagsom, lage trøbbel, gjøre ugagn (om person), lage vanskeligheter ( britisk) gjøre vondt, være til besvær

• my bad leg is playing up again

det dårlige benet mitt begynner å verke igjen erte, irritere

• these children are playing me up

disse ungene går meg på nervene

sette alle krefter til

• play up, the Reds!

kom igjen, det røde laget!

legge vekt på, fokusere på, slå stort opp, blåse opp, reklamere for

• play up a new line of goods

drive reklame for et nytt varesalg

play up to somebody innsmigre seg hos noen, snakke noen etter munnen

• play up to one's teachers

innsmigre seg hos lærerne sine

( teater eller overført) spille opp til noen støtte noen, bakke opp noen

play up with ( slang) kullkaste, forpurre, ødelegge

play well ( om bane e.l.) være god å spille på

• the field plays well

banen er god å spille på

play with oneself ( forskjønnende) onanere, masturbere

English-Norwegian dictionary > play
18 play

[plei] 1. verb
1) (to amuse oneself: The child is playing in the garden; He is playing with his toys; The little girl wants to play with her friends.) brincar

2) (to take part in (games etc): He plays football; He is playing in goal; Here's a pack of cards - who wants to play (with me)?; I'm playing golf with him this evening.) jogar

3) (to act in a play etc; to act (a character): She's playing Lady Macbeth; The company is playing in London this week.) representar

4) ((of a play etc) to be performed: `Oklahoma' is playing at the local theatre.) ser representado

5) (to (be able to) perform on (a musical instrument): She plays the piano; Who was playing the piano this morning?; He plays (the oboe) in an orchestra.) tocar

6) ((usually with on) to carry out or do (a trick): He played a trick on me.) pregar (partidas)

7) ((usually with at) to compete against (someone) in a game etc: I'll play you at tennis.) jogar com

8) ((of light) to pass with a flickering movement: The firelight played across the ceiling.) saltar

9) (to direct (over or towards something): The firemen played their hoses over the burning house.) dirigir

10) (to put down or produce (a playing-card) as part of a card game: He played the seven of hearts.) jogar
2. noun
1) (recreation; amusement: A person must have time for both work and play.) divertimento

2) (an acted story; a drama: Shakespeare wrote many great plays.) peça

3) (the playing of a game: At the start of today's play, England was leading India by fifteen runs.) jogo

4) (freedom of movement (eg in part of a machine).) folga

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- player
- playable
- playful
- playfully
- playfulness
- playboy
- playground
- playing-card
- playing-field
- playmate
- playpen
- playschool
- plaything
- playtime
- playwright
- at play
- bring/come into play
- child's play
- in play
- out of play
- play at
- play back
- play down
- play fair
- play for time
- play havoc with
- play into someone's hands
- play off
- play off against
- play on
- play a
- no part in
- play safe
- play the game
- play up
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[plei] n 1 jogo, partida, disputa. 2 divertimento, brincadeira. 3 folguedo, passatempo. 4 peça teatral ou cinematográfica. a play of Shaw (ou by Shaw) / uma peça de Shaw. 5 Mus execução, interpretação. 6 gracejo. 7 jogatina, modo de jogar. 8 Mech jogo, folga. 9 lance, jogada. 10 atividade, ação, movimento. • vt+vi 1 jogar, disputar. 2 brincar, folgar, divertir-se. 3 tocar (instrumentos musicais), executar. 4 agir, proceder. 5 vibrar, oscilar, tremular. 6 representar, desempenhar. 7 Mech jogar, ter folga. 8 pôr em movimento, movimentar, acionar. 9 bancar, fingir. 10 apostar. 11 imitar. at play em jogo. at the play no teatro. in full play em plena atividade. play in the gear folga no jogo da engrenagem. play of colours jogo de cores. said in play dito por brincadeira. they are played out eles estão esgotados. they play a losing game eles procedem sem chance de sucesso. they played the devil with him eles o maltratavam. to bring into play movimentar, acionar. to give free play to one’s abilities proporcionar ambiente em que alguém possa desenvolver livremente as suas aptidões. to hold in play manter alguém ocupado. to make a play for 1 tentar obter. 2 tentar seduzir. to play about comportar-se sem responsabilidade. to play along cooperar ou concordar com alguém. to play a part 1 ajudar alguém a fazer algo. 2 representar um papel. to play around coll namorar, flertar. to play at 1 participar (de um jogo). 2 brincar com. 3 fazer de conta. to play a trick on pregar uma peça em. to play ball coll cooperar. to play down depreciar, negligenciar. to play fair agir corretamente. to play false enganar, trair. to play first violin ter papel preponderante. to play foul proceder incorretamente. to play horse with coll 1 fazer gato e sapato de. 2 desarrumar, lançar em desordem. to play house brincar de casinha. to play into a person’s hands favorecer alguém. to play off 1 fazer, agir, praticar. 2 dar espetáculo, fazer cenas. 3 fingir. 4 concluir um jogo. to play on (ou upon) tocar de leve, roçar. to play on (ou upon) words fazer trocadilhos. to play out 1 acabar, terminar. 2 fatigar, cansar, exaurir. 3 perder a eficácia. to play politics intrigar, maquinar, tramar. to play safe agir com cautela. to play the field espalhar esforço, interesses, afeições em muitas coisas ao mesmo tempo. to play the fool bancar o bobo. to play the game observar as regras do jogo, agir corretamente. to play the gentleman bancar o cavalheiro. to play the market jogar na bolsa, especular. to play up 1 começar a música. 2 redobrar os esforços. 3 mostrar-se firme e forte perante uma crise ou emergência. 4 destacar, salientar, dar ênfase. 5 enganar, trapacear. 6 provocar. 7 comportar-se de forma a não cooperar. 8 dar problemas, doer. to play up to sl 1 contracenar. 2 apoiar. 3 adular, bajular. to play with 1 brincar com. 2 jogar contra. 3 fazer pouco de. 4 masturbar. to play with fire brincar com fogo.

English-Portuguese dictionary > play
19 play

[plei] 1. verb
1) (to amuse oneself: The child is playing in the garden; He is playing with his toys; The little girl wants to play with her friends.) igrati se

2) (to take part in (games etc): He plays football; He is playing in goal; Here's a pack of cards - who wants to play (with me)?; I'm playing golf with him this evening.) igrati

3) (to act in a play etc; to act (a character): She's playing Lady Macbeth; The company is playing in London this week.) igrati

4) ((of a play etc) to be performed: `Oklahoma' is playing at the local theatre.) igrati

5) (to (be able to) perform on (a musical instrument): She plays the piano; Who was playing the piano this morning?; He plays (the oboe) in an orchestra.) igrati

6) ((usually with on) to carry out or do (a trick): He played a trick on me.) potegniti koga za nos

7) ((usually with at) to compete against (someone) in a game etc: I'll play you at tennis.) igrati proti komu

8) ((of light) to pass with a flickering movement: The firelight played across the ceiling.) poigravati se

9) (to direct (over or towards something): The firemen played their hoses over the burning house.) usmeriti

10) (to put down or produce (a playing-card) as part of a card game: He played the seven of hearts.) igrati
2. noun
1) (recreation; amusement: A person must have time for both work and play.) igra

2) (an acted story; a drama: Shakespeare wrote many great plays.) gledališka igra

3) (the playing of a game: At the start of today's play, England was leading India by fifteen runs.) tekma

4) (freedom of movement (eg in part of a machine).) delovanje

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- player
- playable
- playful
- playfully
- playfulness
- playboy
- playground
- playing-card
- playing-field
- playmate
- playpen
- playschool
- plaything
- playtime
- playwright
- at play
- bring/come into play
- child's play
- in play
- out of play
- play at
- play back
- play down
- play fair
- play for time
- play havoc with
- play into someone's hands
- play off
- play off against
- play on
- play a
- no part in
- play safe
- play the game
- play up
* * *
I [pléi]
noun

igra (na srečo, za stavo, za zabavo, športna), zabava, šala; igranje, kvartanje, poteza (pri šahu); figuratively igra (besed, barv, valov, žarkov itd.); theatre gledališka igra, predstava; music igranje, predvajanje, glasbeno delo; spretno ravnanje s čim (običajno v sestavljenkah npr. swordplay); delovanje, dejavnost, torišče; technical toleranca; figuratively svoboda gibanja; American slang manever, (zvijačen) poskus za dosego česa; American slang publiciteta, poznanost, propaganda

at the play — v gledališču

to be at play — igrati se

to bring ( —ali call, put) into play — spraviti v pogon, izkoristiti

to come into play — začeti delati, stopiti v akcijo

child's play — otročarija, igračkanje

fair play — pošteno ravnanje

foul play — nepošteno ravnanje

in full play — v polnem teku, v polnem pogonu

to give free play to one's fancy — dati domišljiji prosto pot

to give the rope more play — zrahljati vrv

as good as a play — zelo zabavno in zanimivo

grandstand play — razkazovanje

figuratively to hold in play — zaposliti (koga s čim)

high play — kvartanje za debel denar

in play — še v igri (kvartanje), za šalo

it is your play — ti imaš potezo (šah), ti igraš (karte)

out of play — ne več v igri (kvartanje)

lively play of fantasy — živahna domišljija

to make play — imeti uspeh; utruditi preganjalce (pri lovu)

to make a play for — potegovati se za naklonjenost

to make play with — postavljati se, bahati se

that was pretty play — to je bilo dobro (zaigrano)

a play on words — besedna igra
II [pléi]
1.

intransitive verb

igrati ( for za), šaliti se, zabavati se, igračkati se; začeti igrati (karte), napraviti potezo, biti na potezi (šah); poigravati se (barve, valovi, žarki itd.); streljati (top), brizgati (vodomet), sijati; technical imeti prostor za gibanje, imeti toleranco, premikati se (bat), biti v pogonu; biti primeren za igro (igrišče);

2.

transitive verb theatre

igrati, uprizoriti; sport nastopiti, igrati proti, sprejeti igralca v moštvo; uperiti (žaromet, luč, vodni curek) na koga; ustreliti (iz topa); technical spraviti v pogon, upravljati (stroj), obvladati

to play along with — sodelovati, v en rog trobiti s kom

to play it cagey — biti previden, omahovati

figuratively to play both ends against the middle — previdno, rafinirano ravnati

to play ball with s.o. — pošteno postopati s kom

to play booty — prevarati

figuratively to play one's cards well (badly) — (ne)spretno manevrirati

to play s.o. dirt — izigrati koga

to play the devil ( —ali deuce) with — prekrižati komu račune

to play by ear — igrati po posluhu

to play fair (foul) — pošteno (nepošteno) ravnati

to play s.o. false — izdati koga

to play the fool — zganjati neumnosti

to play a fish — utruditi ribo na trnku

to play fast and loose with — zlorabljati koga

to play the game — držati se pravil, pošteno ravnati

to play to the gallery — šopiriti se pred javnostjo

to play guns on — obstreljevati

to play into s.o.'s hands — koristiti drugemu, pomagati komu

to play one's hand for all it is worth — izrabiti vsako priliko, uveljaviti vse svoje zmožnosti

to play the knave — varati

to play a good knife and fork — jesti z apetitom

to play the horses — staviti na konjskih dirkah

to play for love — igrati za zabavo ne za denar

slang to play it (low) on — izigrati koga, zlorabiti

to play a joke ( —ali prank, trick) on — potegniti koga za nos

to play the races — staviti na konjskih dirkah

to play a part — igrati vlogo, pretvarjati se

to play possum — hliniti spanje

to play upon the square — pošteno ravnati

to play safe — previdno ravnati, ne tvegati

to play second fiddle — imeti podrejen položaj

to play a good stick — dobro sabljati

to play for time — zavlačevati, poskušati pridobiti na času

to play truant ( —ali hooky) — neopravičeno izostati od pouka

to play s.o. a mean trick — prevarati koga

to play tricks with — nagajati

to play (up)on — igrati na, figuratively izrabljati koga

to play (up)on words — zbijati šale, igrati se z besedami

to play with — igrati se s, z; lahkomiselno ravnati s

English-Slovenian dictionary > play
20 play

I [pleɪ]
nome

1) teatr. opera f. (teatrale), dramma m., pièce f., rappresentazione f.

a radio play — un dramma radiofonico

2) (amusement)

the sound of children at play — il rumore dei bambini che giocano

to learn through play — imparare giocando

3) sport

play starts at 9 — la partita comincia alle 9

there was no play today — oggi non hanno giocato

rain stopped play — la partita è stata interrotta a causa della pioggia

the ball is in play, out of play — la palla è, non è buona

there was some fine play from the Danish team — si è visto del bel gioco da parte dei danesi

4) fig. gioco m., azione f.

to come into play — entrare in gioco o in ballo

to bring new factors into play — tirare in ballo nuovi elementi

the play of light on the water — il gioco di luci sull'acqua

the free play of the imagination — il libero sfogo dell'immaginazione

a play on words — un gioco di parole

5) mecc. gioco m., agio m.

••

all work and no play (makes Jack a dull boy) — prov. = non c'è solo il lavoro nella vita

to make a play for sb. — colloq. = fare di tutto per attirare l'attenzione di qcn
II 1. [pleɪ]
verbo transitivo

1) (for amusement)

to play football, cards, hide and seek — giocare a calcio, a carte, a nascondino

to play sb. at chess, to play chess with sb. — giocare a scacchi con qcn.

to play a game of tennis with sb. — fare una partita a tennis con qcn.

to play a joke on sb. — fare uno scherzo a qcn

2) mus. suonare [instrument, symphony]

he will play a nationwide tour — sarà in tournée in tutto il paese

he's playing the jazz club on Monday — suonerà al jazz club lunedì

3) teatr. (act out) recitare, interpretare (il ruolo di), fare (la parte di)

to play a leading role in — fig. giocare un ruolo determinante in

4) (put on) mettere [tape, video, CD]

play me the record — fammi sentire il disco

to play music — mettere un po' di musica

5) sport

to play goal — giocare in porta

to play the ball to sb. — passare la palla a qcn

6) (in chess) muovere [ piece]; (in cards) giocare, buttare (giù) [card, suit]

7) econ.

to play the stock market — giocare in Borsa
2.
verbo intransitivo

1) giocare

to play at keeping shop — giocare al negozio

2) fig.

to play at being an artist — atteggiarsi ad artista

what does he think he's playing at? — BE colloq. a che gioco sta giocando?

3) sport giocare

Spain is playing against Ireland — la Spagna gioca contro l'Irlanda

he plays for Milan — gioca per il Milan

to play fair — giocare correttamente

to play into the net — mandare la palla in rete

4) mus. [musician, band, orchestra] suonare

to play to large audiences — suonare per un vasto pubblico

5) cinem. teatr. [ play] andare in scena; [ film] essere in programma; [ actor] recitare

she's playing opposite him in "Macbeth" — recita con lui in "Macbeth"

6) (make noise) [fountain, water] scorrere, mormorare

a record played softly in the background — si sentiva un disco in sottofondo

I could hear music playing in the next room — sentivo la musica nella stanza accanto

7) (move lightly)

sunlight played over the water — la luce del sole giocava sull'acqua

a smile played on her lips — un sorriso errava sulle sue labbra

•

- play along

- play around

- play back

- play down

- play off

- play on

- play out

- play up

- play upon

- play with

••

to play for time — cercare di guadagnare tempo

* * *
[plei] 1. verb
1) (to amuse oneself: The child is playing in the garden; He is playing with his toys; The little girl wants to play with her friends.) giocare

2) (to take part in (games etc): He plays football; He is playing in goal; Here's a pack of cards - who wants to play (with me)?; I'm playing golf with him this evening.) giocare

3) (to act in a play etc; to act (a character): She's playing Lady Macbeth; The company is playing in London this week.) recitare, interpretare

4) ((of a play etc) to be performed: `Oklahoma' is playing at the local theatre.) essere recitato

5) (to (be able to) perform on (a musical instrument): She plays the piano; Who was playing the piano this morning?; He plays (the oboe) in an orchestra.) suonare

6) ((usually with on) to carry out or do (a trick): He played a trick on me.) giocare

7) ((usually with at) to compete against (someone) in a game etc: I'll play you at tennis.) giocare (contro)

8) ((of light) to pass with a flickering movement: The firelight played across the ceiling.) guizzare

9) (to direct (over or towards something): The firemen played their hoses over the burning house.) dirigere

10) (to put down or produce (a playing-card) as part of a card game: He played the seven of hearts.) giocare
2. noun
1) (recreation; amusement: A person must have time for both work and play.) gioco, divertimento

2) (an acted story; a drama: Shakespeare wrote many great plays.) dramma; commedia

3) (the playing of a game: At the start of today's play, England was leading India by fifteen runs.) partita

4) (freedom of movement (eg in part of a machine).) gioco

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- player
- playable
- playful
- playfully
- playfulness
- playboy
- playground
- playing-card
- playing-field
- playmate
- playpen
- playschool
- plaything
- playtime
- playwright
- at play
- bring/come into play
- child's play
- in play
- out of play
- play at
- play back
- play down
- play fair
- play for time
- play havoc with
- play into someone's hands
- play off
- play off against
- play on
- play a
- no part in
- play safe
- play the game
- play up
* * *
I [pleɪ]
nome

1) teatr. opera f. (teatrale), dramma m., pièce f., rappresentazione f.

a radio play — un dramma radiofonico

2) (amusement)

the sound of children at play — il rumore dei bambini che giocano

to learn through play — imparare giocando

3) sport

play starts at 9 — la partita comincia alle 9

there was no play today — oggi non hanno giocato

rain stopped play — la partita è stata interrotta a causa della pioggia

the ball is in play, out of play — la palla è, non è buona

there was some fine play from the Danish team — si è visto del bel gioco da parte dei danesi

4) fig. gioco m., azione f.

to come into play — entrare in gioco o in ballo

to bring new factors into play — tirare in ballo nuovi elementi

the play of light on the water — il gioco di luci sull'acqua

the free play of the imagination — il libero sfogo dell'immaginazione

a play on words — un gioco di parole

5) mecc. gioco m., agio m.

••

all work and no play (makes Jack a dull boy) — prov. = non c'è solo il lavoro nella vita

to make a play for sb. — colloq. = fare di tutto per attirare l'attenzione di qcn
II 1. [pleɪ]
verbo transitivo

1) (for amusement)

to play football, cards, hide and seek — giocare a calcio, a carte, a nascondino

to play sb. at chess, to play chess with sb. — giocare a scacchi con qcn.

to play a game of tennis with sb. — fare una partita a tennis con qcn.

to play a joke on sb. — fare uno scherzo a qcn

2) mus. suonare [instrument, symphony]

he will play a nationwide tour — sarà in tournée in tutto il paese

he's playing the jazz club on Monday — suonerà al jazz club lunedì

3) teatr. (act out) recitare, interpretare (il ruolo di), fare (la parte di)

to play a leading role in — fig. giocare un ruolo determinante in

4) (put on) mettere [tape, video, CD]

play me the record — fammi sentire il disco

to play music — mettere un po' di musica

5) sport

to play goal — giocare in porta

to play the ball to sb. — passare la palla a qcn

6) (in chess) muovere [ piece]; (in cards) giocare, buttare (giù) [card, suit]

7) econ.

to play the stock market — giocare in Borsa
2.
verbo intransitivo

1) giocare

to play at keeping shop — giocare al negozio

2) fig.

to play at being an artist — atteggiarsi ad artista

what does he think he's playing at? — BE colloq. a che gioco sta giocando?

3) sport giocare

Spain is playing against Ireland — la Spagna gioca contro l'Irlanda

he plays for Milan — gioca per il Milan

to play fair — giocare correttamente

to play into the net — mandare la palla in rete

4) mus. [musician, band, orchestra] suonare

to play to large audiences — suonare per un vasto pubblico

5) cinem. teatr. [ play] andare in scena; [ film] essere in programma; [ actor] recitare

she's playing opposite him in "Macbeth" — recita con lui in "Macbeth"

6) (make noise) [fountain, water] scorrere, mormorare

a record played softly in the background — si sentiva un disco in sottofondo

I could hear music playing in the next room — sentivo la musica nella stanza accanto

7) (move lightly)

sunlight played over the water — la luce del sole giocava sull'acqua

a smile played on her lips — un sorriso errava sulle sue labbra

•

- play along

- play around

- play back

- play down

- play off

- play on

- play out

- play up

- play upon

- play with

••

to play for time — cercare di guadagnare tempo

English-Italian dictionary > play

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Play art — is a new art form that calls for active participation of the viewer. Only through interaction does Play Art disclose its secrets and inherent principles. It is the intention of Play Artists that their work be touched, influenced, and experienced; … Wikipedia
Play — Play, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Played}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Playing}.] [OE. pleien, AS. plegian, plegan, to play, akin to plega play, game, quick motion, and probably to OS. plegan to promise, pledge, D. plegen to care for, attend to, be wont, G.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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