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ball in Welsh

pêl

ball

Additional definitions

  • world
  • sphere
  • mark of honour

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Welsh · English

Wyt ti'n mynd i chwarae pêl-droed yfory.

You are going to play football tomorrow.A2

Mae pêl-droed Americanaidd, pêl fas, pêl-fasged a hoci iâ yn cael eu gweld fel y chwaraeon nodweddiadol yng Ngogledd America.

American football, baseball, basketball and ice hockey are seen as the typical sports of North America.C1

Dydy'r plant ddim yn chwarae pêl droed yn y parc.

The children are not playing football in the park.B1

Ar y rôl y gall pêl-droed ei chwarae, fe wnaeth clwb pêl-droed Llanilltud Fawr yn fy etholaeth i sefyll i fyny dros Wcreiniaid yn 2023 a dod â chymunedau at ei gilydd.

On the role football can play, Llantwit Major football club in my own constituency stood up for Ukrainians in 2023 and brought communities together.B2

Yn ddiweddar, roeddwn i wrth fy modd o gael agor y cyrtiau pêl-fasged sydd newydd gael eu hailwampio yn y Fflint, diolch i gyllid Llywodraeth Cymru a Pêl-fasged Cymru am ysgogi hynny.

I was recently delighted to open the newly refurbished basketball courts in Flint, thanks to Welsh Government funding and Basketball Wales for driving that forward.B2

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You may also meet these forms of pêl in a sentence.

Base form
pêl
Treiglad Meddal
bêl
Treiglad Trwynol
mhêl
Treiglad Llaes
phêl
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