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1 play
n. pjäs; lek, spel; nöje; skoj, humor--------v. leka, spela (spel); spela (teater); spela (instrument)* * *[plei] 1. verb1) (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.) leka2) (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.) spela3) (to act in a play etc; to act (a character): She's playing Lady Macbeth; The company is playing in London this week.) spela4) ((of a play etc) to be performed: `Oklahoma' is playing at the local theatre.) spelas, gå5) (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.) spela6) ((usually with on) to carry out or do (a trick): He played a trick on me.) spela7) ((usually with at) to compete against (someone) in a game etc: I'll play you at tennis.) spela mot8) ((of light) to pass with a flickering movement: The firelight played across the ceiling.) fladdra, skimra, spela9) (to direct (over or towards something): The firemen played their hoses over the burning house.) rikta, låta svepa (spela) över10) (to put down or produce (a playing-card) as part of a card game: He played the seven of hearts.) spela []2. noun1) (recreation; amusement: A person must have time for both work and play.) lek, spel2) (an acted story; a drama: Shakespeare wrote many great plays.) teaterstycke, pjäs3) (the playing of a game: At the start of today's play, England was leading India by fifteen runs.) match, spel4) (freedom of movement (eg in part of a machine).) spel[]•- 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 -
2 play a
((not) to be one of the people who are doing (something): He played no part in the robbery.) ha del i/ha ingen del i -
3 play at
deltaga; låtsas* * *1) (to pretend to be etc: The children were playing at cowboys and Indians.) leka2) (used when asking angrily what someone is doing: What does he think he's playing at (=doing)?) syssla med -
4 play on
spela (ett instrument); utnyttja någon* * *(to make use of (someone's feelings, fears etc): He played on my sympathy until I lent him $10.) utnyttja -
5 play up
publicera* * *(to be troublesome or disobedient: The children are playing up today.) bråka, ställa till besvär -
6 play up to
fjäska för -
7 play back
spela upp en kassett; spela tillbaka en kassett* * *to play (music, speech etc) on a record or tape after it has just been recorded (noun play-back) spela upp ett inspelat band -
8 play off
avsluta en tävling; spela en match till* * *( in games) to play a final deciding game after a draw (noun play-off) spela omspel (en avgörande match) -
9 play by ear
spela på gehör* * *(to play (music) without looking at and without having memorized printed music.) spela efter gehör -
10 play a hoax on
(to carry out a trick on.) spela [] ett spratt -
11 play a trick / tricks on
(to do something which is amusing to oneself because it deceives or frightens (someone else), or makes them appear stupid: He played a trick on her by jumping out from behind a wall as she passed.) spela ngn ett spratt, skoja med ngn -
12 play down
tona ner, avdramatisera* * *(to try to make (something) appear less important: He played down the fact that he had failed the exam.) bagatellisera, tona ner -
13 play fair
spela renhårigt* * *(to act honestly and fairly.) handla ärligt, spela rent spel -
14 play for time
försöka vinna tid* * *(to delay an action, decision etc in the hope that conditions will improve.) försöka vinna tid -
15 play havoc with
(to cause a lot of damage to: The storm played havoc with the farmer's crops.) gå illa åt -
16 play into someone's hands
spela någon i händerna, ge en annan en fördel* * *(to do exactly what an opponent or enemy wants one to do.) -
17 play off against
(to set (one person) against (another) in order to gain an advantage: He played his father off against his mother to get more pocket money.) spela ut mot -
18 play possum
(to pretend to be dead or asleep.) spela död, sova räv -
19 play safe
spela utan att ta några risker* * *(to take no risks.) inte ta några risker -
20 play the fool
spela pajas* * *(to act in a foolish manner, especially with the intention of amusing other people: He always played the fool when the teacher left the classroom.) spela pajas
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