обыграть

This is the 5264th most frequent Russian word.


обыграть

"Обыграть" means "to outplay, win against, or beat (in a game or competition)."


Here 'обыграть' is used to mean 'to outplay' or 'defeat' in the context of a competition or game.

Я хочу обыграть соперника в шахматы.

I want to defeat my opponent in chess.


In this sentence, 'обыграть' means 'to depict' or 'perform in an artistic way', referring to interpreting something creatively in a dramatization.

Давайте обыграем эту ситуацию в спектакле.

Let's play out this situation in the play.


Here, 'обыграть' describes the act of creatively expressing or elaborating on a theme within a literary or artistic context.

Автор обыграл тему дружбы в своём рассказе.

The author elaborated the theme of friendship in his story.