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leikkiä — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • do verb To perform or carry out an action or task.
  • play verb To engage in an activity purely for fun or recreation.
  • sport noun A physical activity involving skill and competition, played under a set of rules.
  • trifle noun A British dessert layered with sponge cake, custard, fruit, jelly, and whipped cream.

Senses

leikkiä is used for these senses in English:

  • do (transitive) To impersonate or depict.
  • play (intransitive) To act in a manner such that one has fun; to engage in activities expressly for the purpose of recreation or entertainment.
  • play To give a false appearance of being; to pretend to be.
  • sport (intransitive) To amuse oneself, to play.
  • sport (intransitive) To mock or tease, treat lightly, toy with.
  • trifle (intransitive) To inconsequentially toy with something.

do — full definition

  1. verb To perform or carry out an action or task.
  2. verb Used as a helping verb to form questions and negatives, or for emphasis.
  3. verb To be sufficient or acceptable.
  4. verb To fare or get on in a particular way.
  5. noun A social event or party (informal, chiefly British).

play — full definition

  1. verb To engage in an activity purely for fun or recreation.
  2. verb To take part in a sport or game.
  3. verb To perform music, or operate a device so that it produces sound or video.
  4. verb To act the part of a character in a film, play, or performance.
  5. noun A dramatic work written for actors to perform on stage.

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