Synonyms: introduce, present, offer, perform, reenact, render, represent, constitute, tender, lodge, serve up
| Part of speech | verb |
|---|---|
| Pronunciation | /pleɪ̯/ |
| Hyphenation | play |
| Shavian alphabet | 𐑐𐑤𐑱 |
| Deseret alphabet | 𐐹𐑊𐐩 |
| Indicative mood | |
|---|---|
| Present tense | Past tense |
| (I) play | (I) played |
| (thou) playest | (thou) playedst |
| (he) plays, playeth | (he) played |
| (we) play | (we) played |
| (you) play | (you) played |
| (they) play | (they) played |
| Subjunctive mood | |
| Present tense | Past tense |
| (I) play | (I) played |
| (thou) play | (thou) played |
| (he) play | (he) played |
| (we) play | (we) played |
| (you) play | (you) played |
| (they) play | (they) played |
| Imperative mood | |
| play | |
| Participles | |
| Present participle | Past participle |
| playing | played |
| Afrikaans | optree |
|---|---|
| Catalan | presentar |
| Danish | forestille; præsentere; servere; udføre |
| Dutch | spelen |
| Esperanto | prezenti |
| Faeroese | bera fram; kunna; nevna; vísa |
| Finnish | esittää |
| French | offrir; présenter |
| German | aufführen; bieten; anbieten; darstellen; vorstellen; präsentieren; sich bieten |
| Icelandic | kynna |
| Italian | presentare |
| Low German | presenteren; vöärstellen |
| Norwegian | presentere |
| Papiamento | presentá |
| Polish | przedstawiać |
| Portuguese | apresentar; oferecer |
| Romanian | introduce; prezenta |
| Saterland Frisian | anbjoode; apfiere; bjoode; deerstaale; foarstaale |
| Spanish | representar |
| Swedish | presentera |
| Thai | ถวาย; แนะนำ; ยื่น |
| West Frisian | oanbiede; ôfbyldzje; biede; bringe; dwaan |