Phrase guide

play truant

verb · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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verb

Meaning 1

To be absent from school without permission.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: intransitive

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Meaning relationships

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Antonyms: none provided

History

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Across languages

Translations

51 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: تَسَرَّبَ (tasarraba) — to be absent from school without permission
  • Catalan: fer campana — to be absent from school without permission
  • Catalan: fer pila (Lleida) — to be absent from school without permission
  • Catalan: fer fugina — to be absent from school without permission
  • Chinese Mandarin: 逃學 /逃学 (táoxué) — to be absent from school without permission
  • Chinese Mandarin: 曠課 /旷课 (kuàngkè) — to be absent from school without permission
  • Chinese Mandarin: 逃課 /逃课 (táokè) — to be absent from school without permission
  • Chinese Mandarin: 翹課 /翘课 (qiàokè) — to be absent from school without permission
  • Czech: být za školou — to be absent from school without permission
  • Czech: chodit za školu — to be absent from school without permission
  • Danish: skulke — to be absent from school without permission
  • Danish: pjække — to be absent from school without permission
  • Dutch: spijbelen — to be absent from school without permission
  • Finnish: lintsata — to be absent from school without permission
  • French: faire l'école buissonnière — to be absent from school without permission
  • French: sécher — to be absent from school without permission
  • Galician: latar — to be absent from school without permission
  • German: die Schule schwänzen — to be absent from school without permission
  • Greek: κάνω κοπάνα (káno kopána) — to be absent from school without permission
  • Hebrew: הבריז (hivriz) — to be absent from school without permission
  • Hungarian: lóg — to be absent from school without permission
  • Indonesian: bolos — to be absent from school without permission
  • Indonesian: tuang — to be absent from school without permission
  • Italian: bigiare — to be absent from school without permission
  • Italian: marinare — to be absent from school without permission
  • Italian: segare — to be absent from school without permission
  • Japanese: 学校をサボる (gakkō o saboru) — to be absent from school without permission
  • Korean: 결석(缺席)하다 (gyeolseokhada) — to be absent from school without permission
  • Māori: takē kura — to be absent from school without permission
  • Persian: غیبت کردن (ġeybat kardan) — to be absent from school without permission
  • Polish: wagarować — to be absent from school without permission
  • Portuguese: matar aula — to be absent from school without permission
  • Portuguese: cabular — to be absent from school without permission
  • Portuguese: faltar — to be absent from school without permission
  • Romanian: chiuli — to be absent from school without permission
  • Romanian: trage chiulul — to be absent from school without permission
  • Russian: прогу́ливать (progúlivatʹ) — to be absent from school without permission
  • Russian: прогуля́ть (proguljátʹ) — to be absent from school without permission
  • Slovak: chodiť poza školu — to be absent from school without permission
  • Slovene: špricati — to be absent from school without permission
  • Spanish: hacer novillos — to be absent from school without permission
  • Swedish: skolka — to be absent from school without permission
  • Tagalog: magbulakbol — to be absent from school without permission
  • Tagalog: maglakwatsa — to be absent from school without permission
  • Ukrainian: сачкувати (sačkuvaty) — to be absent from school without permission
  • Ukrainian: прогулювати (prohuljuvaty) — to be absent from school without permission
  • Vietnamese: trốn học — to be absent from school without permission
  • Vietnamese: sủi — to be absent from school without permission
  • Welsh: chwarae triwant — to be absent from school without permission
  • Welsh: mitsio — to be absent from school without permission
  • Welsh: sgeifio — to be absent from school without permission