to play, specifically:; (intransitive) to play a game, for fun or as a pastime / to play, specifically:; (intransitive) to do something for fun / to play, specifically:; (intransitive) to partake in a sport or game / to play, specifically:; (intransitive) to act as required from a game / to play, specifically:; (intransitive) to participate in a sporting match / to play, specifically:; (transitive) to put into action (in a game) / (intransitive, hunting) to respond to bait (of birds) / (intransitive) to have a gambling addiction / (transitive) to put as stake (in a game) / (transitive) to put as stake (in a game); (by extension) to bet, wager / (transitive) to spend or waste (time) playing / (figurative, transitive) to deceive or manipulate / (figurative, intransitive):; (with di) to use (something) skillfully / (figurative, intransitive):; (mechanical engineering) to have backlash (of a mechanism) / (figurative, intransitive):; to be important, to matter

to risk heavily; to take a big risk

to play dirty

to play the market

to play on home turf; to have a home advantage

to play with fire (to do something risky)

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see giocare, a, carte, scoperte. / to behave honestly and transparently; to put one's cards on the table; to play fair

Alternative form of tentare il tutto per tutto

when the going gets tough, the tough get going