lay in the Oxford Spanish Dictionary

Translations for lay in the English»Spanish Dictionary

I.lay1 <pt & pp laid> [Am leɪ, Brit leɪ] VB trans

II.lay1 <pt & pp laid> [Am leɪ, Brit leɪ] VB intr

2. lay controvers → lie

III.lay1 [Am leɪ, Brit leɪ] N sl

See also lie2, lie1, odds, charge

I.lie2 [Am laɪ, Brit lʌɪ] N (untruth)

II.lie2 <3rd pers sing pres lies, pres part lying, pt & pp lied> [Am laɪ, Brit lʌɪ] VB intr (tell untruths)

I.lie1 [Am laɪ, Brit lʌɪ] N

2. lie → land

II.lie1 <3rd pers sing pres lies, pres part lying, pt lay, pp lain> [Am laɪ, Brit lʌɪ] VB intr

odds [Am ɑdz, Brit ɒdz] N npl

2. odds (likelihood, chances):

I.charge [Am tʃɑrdʒ, Brit tʃɑːdʒ] N

2.1. charge C:

II.charge [Am tʃɑrdʒ, Brit tʃɑːdʒ] VB trans

III.charge [Am tʃɑrdʒ, Brit tʃɑːdʒ] VB intr

lay2 [Am leɪ, Brit leɪ] ADJ attr

See also land

I.land [Am lænd, Brit land] N Land of my Fathers (Hen Wlad Fy Nhadau)

See also lie2, lie1

I.lie2 [Am laɪ, Brit lʌɪ] N (untruth)

II.lie2 <3rd pers sing pres lies, pres part lying, pt & pp lied> [Am laɪ, Brit lʌɪ] VB intr (tell untruths)

I.lie1 [Am laɪ, Brit lʌɪ] N

2. lie → land

II.lie1 <3rd pers sing pres lies, pres part lying, pt lay, pp lain> [Am laɪ, Brit lʌɪ] VB intr

lay for VB [Am leɪ -, Brit leɪ -] Am (v + prep + o) sl

See also law

1.2. law U (collectively):

to lay down the law

I.lay off VB [Am leɪ -, Brit leɪ -] (v + adv + o, v + o + adv) Am

II.lay off VB [Am leɪ -, Brit leɪ -] (v + adv, v + prep + o) inf

lay into VB [Am leɪ -, Brit leɪ -] inf (v + prep + o)

lay in VB [Am leɪ -, Brit leɪ -] (v + o + adv, v + adv + o)

lay over VB [Am leɪ -, Brit leɪ -] Am (v + adv)

lay in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for lay in the English»Spanish Dictionary

I.lay1 [leɪ] laid, laid laid, laid N

II.lay1 [leɪ] laid, laid laid, laid VB trans

III.lay1 [leɪ] laid, laid laid, laid VB intr

See also lie2, lie1

II.lie2 [laɪ] lay, lain N no pl Brit, Aus

lay-off [ˈleɪɒf, Am -ɑ:f] N

lay Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

not to lay a finger on sb
American English

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English
Lay-offs were avoided, but some employees took out early retirement and there was a recruitment stop.
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