play
verb
1 verb with toys, friends, etc INTRANSITIVEbheith ag spraoi bheith ag súgradhthe children were playing together bhí na páistí ag spraoi le chéile, bhí na páistí ag súgradh le chéilehe was playing happily with his teddy bhí sé ag spraoi go sásta lena theidí 2 verb children: game TRANSITIVEimir verb the children were playing games bhí na páistí ag imirt cluichíthey played hide-and-seek bhí siad ag imirt folach bíog, bhí siad ag déanamh folachánShow full entry
3 verb SPOR sport, game
INTRANSITIVEimir verb does he still play? an imríonn sé go fóill?she plays for Ireland imríonn sí d'Éirinnwe're playing away from home táimid ag imirt as baile
4 verb SPOR in particular position TRANSITIVEimir marshe plays full-forward imríonn sí mar lántosaí
5 verb select for team TRANSITIVEthey played two seniors bhí beirt sinsear ar an bhfoireann acuwe play her on the wing bíonn sí ag imirt ar an gcliathán againn 6 verb compete against sb TRANSITIVEimir in aghaidhimir in éadanimir i gcoinneIreland are playing Germany tá Éire ag imirt in aghaidh na Gearmáine
INTRANSITIVEhe didn't play against Wicklow níor imir sé in aghaidh Chill Mhantáin
7 verb SPOR kick, hit ball TRANSITIVEimir verb buail verb you have to play the ball caithfidh tú an liathróid a imirtshe played the ball out to the wing bhuail sí an liathróid amach chuig an gcliathánhe played the ball into the back of the net chuir sé an liathróid i gcúl na heangaí 8 verb GAMES piece, card TRANSITIVEimir verb he played the ace d'imir sé an t-aon, leag sé an t-aon 9 verb FIN stock market TRANSITIVEbheith ag plé le he plays the stock market bíonn sé ag plé leis an stocmhargadh 10 verb MUS instrument, air 11 verb MUS as sb goes somewhere TRANSITIVEthe musicians played us up the aisle bhí na ceoltóirí ag seinm agus muid ag siúl suas an séipéal, rinne na ceoltóirí muid a chomóradh suas an séipéal 12 verb MUS perform concertdéan verb TRANSITIVEthey played a number of concerts rinne siad cúpla ceolchoirm, bhí roinnt ceolchoirmeacha acu
to play live seinm beo, casadh beo 13 verb CD, track, etc 14 verb THEAT, CINE role in play etc TRANSITIVEhe played the role of the giant rinne sé páirt an fhathaigh, eisean a bhí i bpáirt an fhathaighshe played the title role bhí an phríomhpháirt aici, ba í a bhí sa phríomhpháirt 15 verb THEAT act in film, etc INTRANSITIVEbheith ag aisteoireachtshe's playing in films bíonn sí ag aisteoireacht i scannáin, bíonn páirteanna aici i scannáinto play opposite sb bheith ag aisteoireacht le duine 16 verb THEAT, CINE of play, film, etc INTRANSITIVEbheith ar siúl what's playing in the cinema this week? cad atá á thaispeáint sa phictiúrlann an tseachtain seo?the show is playing on Broadway tá an seó ar an ardán in Broadway 17 verb behave as if you are sb/sth TRANSITIVEhe was playing the innocent bhí sé ag ligean air nach leáfadh an t-im ina bhéal, chuir sé dreach shoineanta air féinto play God pejorative ligean ort féin gur tú Dia, Dia a dhéanamh díot féin
18 verb trick, joke, etc TRANSITIVEto play a trick on sb cleas a imirt ar dhuine, bob a bhualadh ar dhuinehe's always playing jokes on people bíonn sé i gcónaí ag cleasaíocht ar dhaoine 19 verb literary of light, smile, etc INTRANSITIVEthe sunlight played on the window bhí solas na gréine ag damhsa ar an bhfuinneog, bhí solas na gréine ag glioscarnach ar an bhfuinneoga smile played over her lips tháinig meangadh ar a béal, d'éalaigh aoibh an gháire uirthinoun
20 noun activitysúgradh masc spraoi masc4 children learn through play activities foghlaimíonn páistí trí imeachtaí súgarthachildren at play leanaí ag súgradh, leanaí ag spraoi 21 noun period of activityseal spraoitamall súgarthawe had a play in the waves bhí seal spraoi againn sna tonnta 22 noun SPOR action, qualityimirt fem3 that was good play imirt mhaith a bhí ann sinI don't like their style of play ní maith liom an stíl imeartha atá acuthe rain stopped play stop an bháisteach an imirt, cuireadh an imirt ar ceal de bharr na báistíplay resumed thosaigh an imirt arísthe ball is out of play tá an liathróid as an imirt, tá an liathróid amuigh 23 noun button, key on electronic equipmentpress play brúigh 'seinm' 24 noun THEAT writing for stagedráma masc4 to go to a play dul chuig drámato put on a play about sth dráma a léiriú faoi rud, dráma a dhéanamh ar rudto perform a play dráma a chur ar an ardán 25 noun literary movement of light etcthe play of shadows on the walls imirt na scáileanna ar na ballaí, na scáileanna á gcaitheamh féin ar na ballaíthe play of the sun on the water imirt na gréine ar an uisce, glinniúint na gréine ar an uisce 26 noun slackness in rope etcligean masc1 scaoilteacht fem3 leave a bit of play in the rope fág ligean beag sa rópa, bíodh an rópa beagán scaoilte