lay

Significado (Inglés)

Verb

1. To place down in a position of rest, or in a horizontal position.
2. To cause to subside or abate.
3. To prepare (a plan, project etc.); to set out, establish (a law, principle).
4. To install certain building materials, laying one thing on top of another.
5. To produce and deposit an egg.
6. To bet (that something is or is not the case).
7. To deposit (a stake) as a wager; to stake; to risk.
8. (slang) To have sex with.
9. To state; to allege.
10. To point; to aim.
11. To put the strands of (a rope, a cable, etc.) in their proper places and twist or unite them.
12. To place and arrange (pages) for a form upon the imposing stone.
13. To place (new type) properly in the cases.
14. To apply; to put.
15. To impose (a burden, punishment, command, tax, etc.).
16. To impute; to charge; to allege.
17. To present or offer.
18. To take a position; to come or go.
19. To lie: to rest in a horizontal position on a surface.

Noun

1. Arrangement or relationship; layout.
2. A share of the profits in a business.
3. The direction a rope is twisted.
4. (colloquial) A casual sexual partner.
5. (colloquial) An act of sexual intercourse.
6. (slang) A place or activity where someone spends a significant portion of their time.
7. The laying of eggs.
8. (obsolete) A layer.
9. (obsolete) A basis or ground.
10. (obsolete) A pursuit or practice; a dodge.

Noun

A lake.

Adj

1. Not belonging to the clergy, but associated with them.
2. Non-professional; not being a member of an organized institution.
3. Not trumps.
4. (obsolete) Not educated or cultivated; ignorant.

Noun

1. A ballad or sung poem; a short poem or narrative, usually intended to be sung.
2. A lyrical, narrative poem written in octosyllabic couplets that often deals with tales of adventure and romance.

Noun

A meadow; a lea.

Noun

1. (obsolete) A law.
2. (obsolete) An obligation; a vow.

Conceptos

poner

acostar

colocar

meter

balada

situar

tumbar

sobreponer

aplicar

hacer

instalar

posar

quitar

tender

echar

depositar

disponer

profano

laico

emplear

usar

hacer uso de

acomodar

construir

edificar

redactar

exhibir

exponer

presentar

sacar

seglar

aovar

matar

coger

casquete

apostar

apuntar

imponer

sembrar

situación

guardar

plantar

reservar

ubicar

vestir

reclinar

recostar

poner la mesa

poner huevos

cargar

hacer responsable

romance

poema narrativo

tirar

yacer

lego

bajar

remover

alcantarillar

ponerse

sentar

sentarse

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/leɪ/

Etimología (Inglés)

From Middle English leyen, leggen, from Old English leċġan (“to lay”), from Proto-West Germanic *laggjan, from Proto-Germanic *lagjaną (“to lay”), causative form of Proto-Germanic *ligjaną (“to lie, recline”), from Proto-Indo-European *legʰ- (“to lie, recline”).
Cognate with West Frisian lizze (“to lay, to lie”), Dutch leggen (“to lay”), German legen (“to lay”), Norwegian Bokmål legge (“to lay”), Norwegian Nynorsk leggja (“to lay”), Swedish lägga (“to lay”), Icelandic leggja (“to lay”), Albanian lag (“troop, band, war encampment”).