Meaning of játszik | Babel Free

Definitions

1. to play (to engage in activities expressly for the purpose of having fun)
   ambitransitive
2. to play (to produce music using a musical instrument)
   ambitransitive
3. to play (to act out a role in a theatrical performance or film)
   transitive
4. to pretend, to feign, to play (to make a false show or pretence of)
   broadly, transitive
5. to play (to perform in a sport, or to participate in a sporting game)
   ambitransitive
6. to angle for (to try to obtain something by subtle indirect means)
   intransitive
7. to gamble, to play (to participate in games of chance)
   intransitive
8. to show, to play (to include in its program)
   transitive
9. to fiddle with, to play with (to touch or fidget with something continuously)
   intransitive
10. to toy with (to handle something in a careless or frivolous manner)
    intransitive
11. to change its color with the light, or to have an indeterminable color
    intransitive, literary
12. to be an option (to be a viable alternative)
    colloquial, intransitive

Equivalents

Examples

“Itt játszottunk a szomszéd gyerekekkel fogócskát, labdajátékokat.”

It was here that we used to play tag and ball games with the kids next door.

“Ha valaki tud zongorán játszani, játszhat Mozartot és „Szomorú vasárnap”-ot egyaránt.”

If someone can play the piano, they can play Mozart as well as “Gloomy Sunday”.

“Számos főszerepet játszott a torontói Művész Színházban.”

He played numerous leads at the Art Theater of Toronto.

“Játszottam az ártatlant. Adtam a naiv, tiszta leányt.”

I was playing innocent. Feigning to be the naive, pure ingenue.

“A döntőbe jutásért még mindkét csapat Guatemalával játszik.”

Both teams will play against Guatemala to get into the finals.

“A Kreml ura arra játszik, hogy bizonytalanságban tartsa Európát.”

The Kremlin’s master angles for keeping Europe in limbo.

“Harminc éve játszom a lottón ugyanazokkal a számokkal, és még soha semmit sem nyertem.”

I’ve been playing the lottery with the same numbers for thirty years, and I’ve never won anything.

“A legnagyobb sikert elérő filmeket közel 600 filmszínházban játsszák.”

The most successful movies are being played in close to 600 movie theaters.

“Kátya a lábát lógázza, játszik a hajával, Mariann pedig kiterülve fekszik az ajtó előtt.”

Kátya is swinging her leg, playing with her hair, while Mariann lies sprawled out in front of the door.

“Ő csak játszik a férfiakkal, az ujja köré csavarja mindet, aztán elhagyja.”

She’s just toying with men, she wraps them around her finger and leaves them.

“Az alkonyati ég szelíd, zöldeskék színben játszik.”

The twilight sky appears a gentle, greenish blue color.

“Előre szólok, nálam az nem játszik, mint amit a Titanic zenészei csináltak!”

I’m warning you, what the musicians of the Titanic did is not an option as far as I’m concerned.

CEFR level