play
Spanish, noun/ˈplei/
play is spelled P-L-A-Y (4 letters) and appears 17 times per million words in written Spanish, the 4,587th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Play is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “play (button)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “En los reproductores de música, el botón con el símbolo de triángulo que se usa para iniciar la canción”.
What does play mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineplay (button)
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. En los reproductores de música, el botón con el símbolo de triángulo que se usa para iniciar la canción.
noun: 1. Consola de videojuegos de la marca Play Station.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of play
- playes plural
- plais plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce play?
- /ˈplei/
- [ˈplei̯]
- [ˈplej]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is play in Spanish?
play appears 17 times per million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).