🇬🇧 en nl 🇳🇱

play verb

  /pleɪ/ , [pʰl̥eɪ̯]
  • (intransitive) To act in a manner such that one has fun; to engage in activities expressly for the purpose of recreation or entertainment.
 spelen
  • (transitive, intransitive) To perform in (a sport); to participate in (a game).
 spelen, meespelen, optreden
  • (transitive, of a person) To operate (a device or media) so as to cause sound (especially music) or moving pictures to be produced.
  • (AAVE, intransitive) To kid; to joke; to say something for amusement; to act, or to treat something, unseriously.
 spelen, afspelen
  • (transitive, intransitive, especially, of a, person) To produce music using a musical instrument.
 spelen, bespelen

play noun

  /pleɪ/ , [pʰl̥eɪ̯]
  • (uncountable, informal) Sexual activity or sexual role-playing.
 spel
  • (countable) A theatrical performance featuring actors.
 toneelstuk, schouwspel, optreden, stuk
  • (countable) A literary composition, intended to be represented by actors impersonating the characters and speaking the dialogue.
 schouwspel
  • (uncountable) An individual's performance in a sport or game.
 spelbeweging

playing

gespeel
when the cat's away the mice will play
als de kat van huis is, dansen de muizen op tafel
play hooky
spijbelen
play truant
spijbelen
child's play
kinderspel
shadow play
schimmenspel
play-off
barrage
bring into play
insluiten
radio play
luisterspel
play down
vergoelijken

🇳🇱 nl en 🇬🇧

play-off
play-off
fair-play
cricket
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