PLAY-ACT - Traduzione inglese-italiano

inglese

italiano

play-act [ingl brit ˈpleɪakt, ingl am ˈpleɪækt] VB vb intr

1. play-act (behave insincerely):

play-act

fare la commedia, fingere, simulare

2. play-act (act in a play):

play-act

recitare

italiano

inglese

I. fingere [ˈfindʒere] VB vb trans

fingere

to pretend

fingere emozione, malattia

to fake

fingere emozione, malattia

to affect form

fingere sorpresa, ignoranza

to feign form

fingere sorpresa, ignoranza

to feign form

innocenza fingere qc

to make a pretence of sth

fingere che, di fare

to pretend that, to do

fingere coraggio

to put on a brave front

fingere di non vedere qn fig

to look the other way, to look through sb, to cut sb dead

II. fingere [ˈfindʒere] VB vb intr vb aus avere

fingere

to pretend

fingere

to play-act

fingere

to act fig

è inutile fingere

it's no use pretending

III. fingersi VB vb rifl

fingersi intelligente, ricco, stupido:

fingersi

to make oneself out to be

fingersi morto

to play dead, to sham death

fingersi addormentato

to pretend to be sleeping

fingersi addormentato

to play possum colloq

inglese

italiano

play-act [ˈpleɪ·ækt] VB vb intr

1. play-act TEATR:

play-act

recitare

2. play-act fig:

play-act

fare la commedia

italiano

inglese

commedia <-ie> [kom·ˈmɛ:·dia] SOST f

commedia

comedy

commedia musicale

musical

commedia a soggetto

improvised comedy

commedia dell'arte

commedia dell'arte

commedia d'intreccio

situation comedy

fare la commedia fig

to play-act

Present

I	play-act
you	play-act
he/she/it	play-acts
we	play-act
you	play-act
they	play-act

Past

I	play-acted
you	play-acted
he/she/it	play-acted
we	play-acted
you	play-acted
they	play-acted

Present Perfect

I	have	play-acted
you	have	play-acted
he/she/it	has	play-acted
we	have	play-acted
you	have	play-acted
they	have	play-acted

Past Perfect

I	had	play-acted
you	had	play-acted
he/she/it	had	play-acted
we	had	play-acted
you	had	play-acted
they	had	play-acted

Esempi monolingue (non verificati dalla Redazione di PONS)

That meant the camera operator often had to play-act after hitting "record".

www.bbc.co.uk

Safe in the confines of her evident love, he has grown a kind of mighty hubris, a confidence that allows him to play-act his bachelor stallion fantasy.

www.telegraph.co.uk

Substituting dialogue for equality is a sham and winds up being a play-act.

theconversation.com

It's a beautiful game when people take the chance to actually play, instead of play-act.

www.macleans.ca

He avoided the temptation to play-act, although in this case, he would have been perfectly entitled to do so.

www.hitc.com