Lay in spanish
pronunciation: lɑikoʊ part of speech: verb
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» be a good lay = ser (muy) bueno en la cama.
Example: She was a good lay but like all lays after the third or fourth night I began to lose interest and didn't go back.» lay-out = distribución.
Example: This article outlines general requirements for a well-appointed restoration laboratory: filtered light, security alarms, good flood drainage, and lay-out.» overlay = revestimiento, sobrecubierta.
Example: The pressmen therefore patched the tympan with overlays of tissue paper wherever the type was low, a process that could take hours for a really uneven forme.» overlay = transparencia de sobreposición. [Transparencia que se superpone a otra modificando la información que ésta presenta de algun modo]
Example: An overlay is a transparent sheet containing matter that, when superimposed on another sheet, modifies the data on the latter.» the lay of the land [the lie of the land, -UK] = el estado de las cosas.
Example: The director allowed us three days to get the lay of the land.lay2 = profano, laico.
Example: Most public libraries in western countries are under local control and the smaller the local government unit, the more all embracing is the lay, and therefore uninformed, control.more:
» at a lay level = a un nivel básico.
Example: This is called consumer health information and it encompasses information about health care and illness at a lay level.» lay person [layperson] = profano, lego, hombre de la calle. [Plural lay people]
Example: This is an evaluative tool which brings lay people together with experts, under pressure of limited time, for study of specific problems.» lay representation = representación de personas profanas en la materia.
Example: This article proposes a model for effective lay representation on network governing boards.lay3 = disposición de la caja. [En tipografía, orden tradicional en que se disponían los tipos en los cajetines]
Example: Lays for exotic fonts were usually adaptations of those used for the latin alphabet.lay4 = Tiempo pasado del verbo lie (yacer). [Véase éste y sus derivados para los distintos significados]
Example: When I saw what he was up to, I drew back for a punch and hit him so hard on the nose that he fell on his back and lay there for some time, so that his wife stood over him and cried out 'Mercy! You've done my husband in!'.lay5 = poner. [Verbo irregular: pasado y participio laid]
Example: By such mutual assistance, the wits and endeavours of the world may no longer be as so many scattered coals, or firebrands, which, for want of union are soon quenched, whereas, being but laid together, they would have yielded a comfortable light and heat.more:
» blame + lay + at the feet of + Nombre = culpa + echar a + Nombre.
Example: The blame could be laid squarely at the feet of R. Boyce Garschine.» inlay = incrustar, taracear.
Example: The external walls of the mausoleum are decorated with geometric mosaics, calligraphic inscriptions, and floral patterns, created by inlaying white marble into the red sandstone.» kill + the goose that lays the golden egg(s) = matar la gallina de los huevos de oro.
Example: If we keep increasing taxes we will kill the goose that lays the golden eggs.» lay + a finger on = ponerle la mano encima a, tocarle un pelo a, maltratar, tocar.
Example: That's why he's in prison for the rest of his life when he never laid a finger on the victims -- he was the general who ordered his troops into battle.» lay + a rumour to rest = acallar un rumor.
Example: The family's physician finally laid the rumors to rest by giving a press conference at which he attested to the candidate's excellent physical and mental health.» lay away = comprar a plazos apartando el producto.
Example: Any retail seller which permits consumers to lay away consumer goods will provide a written statement of the terms and conditions of the agreement = Cualquier comercio que permita a los consumidores comprar a plazos apartando los productos les proporcionará un documento escrito de las condiciones del acuerdo.» lay away = apartar, poner a un lado.
Example: The weather forecast warned of a severe storm, so we laid away a generous supply of bottled water and canned food just in case = El pronóstico del tiempo advirtió de que se acercaba una gran tormenta, así que, por s acaso, apartamos un abundante suministro de agua embotellada y comida enlatada.» lay + a whammy on = echar el mal de ojo.
Example: But if you call them by the name of the thing they are impersonating, you can lay a whammy on them.» lay + bare = revelar, descubrir, dejar al descubierto, poner de manifiesto.
Example: The aim of this article is to lay bare the causes of this state of affairs.» lay before = poner delante de.
Example: The books may simply be laid before the librarian as they are found, 'dumped in his lap', as one writer puts it.» lay + bricks = poner ladrillos.
Example: It was a huge space with hundreds of workers, some digging ditches, some mixing cement, some laying bricks and one chiseling a piece of marble into a statue.» lay + claim(s) to = reclamar, reivindicar, pretender.
Example: If librarians would calmly and publicly and increasingly lay claim to this area as their professional domain, they would gradually bring about the change in attitude that many desire to see.» lay down = formular, establecer, sentar, fijar.
Example: He was the son of a bricklayer who laid down as early as 1859 that 'the assistance of readers in their researches' is one of the duties that 'have daily to be provided for' in ordinary public libraries.» lay down = poner, fijar.
Example: A table is set up in a classroom, books are laid out on it by pupil 'shop assistants' supervised by a rota of teachers, and regular opening hours are laid down and adhered to.» lay down + a standard = establecer una norma.
Example: Although each CAB (Citizens' Advice Bureau) is independent, they must be members of the National Association of Advice Bureaux (NACAB), which lays down certain minimum standards for the registration of bureaux.» lay down + features = establecer características.
Example: The promulgation of Community law represents the culmination of an often tortuous legal process whose main features are laid down in the Treaty of Rome.» lay down + Posesivo + life = dar la vida, entregar la vida.
Example: True, we do have our unselfish heroes, men who willingly have laid down their lives for others, the wholly unselfish mother, the man who will step aside for the benefit of others.» lay down + Posesivo + arms = deponer las armas.
Example: No doubt it would be better if all sides were to lay down their arms together at once.» lay down + rules for = establecer reglas para.
Example: This article presents the text of the guidelines which lay down rules for the organisation of union libraries.» lay down + the law = imponer autoridad.
Example: In principle he is correct but who else can lay down the law to prevent the disgusting antics we saw in Goa?.» lay + eggs = poner huevos.
Example: In part one, chapter 11, Gerald states that the characteristic that makes some of these birds different from others is that they do not mate or lay eggs.» lay + emphasis on = poner énfasis en, destacar.
Example: Her article lays emphasis on some of the concerns that are important to the continued development of effective information policies.» lay + evidence before = presentar las pruebas ante.
Example: That this is a statement of fact may count for nothing: in effect, the librarian may be obliged lay evidence before the enquirer, accompanied by a convincing explanation.» lay + eyes on = ver, fijarse, prestar atención.
Example: Perhaps Giovanni should have trusted his instincts when he laid eyes on Rappaccini as the scientist tended to his perverse garden.» lay + flat = colocar en sentido horizontal, tumbar.
Example: Some libraries have horizontal map chests where maps are laid flat in drawers.» lay + foundation = sentar las bases, poner las bases.
Example: Central practices are highlighted and should lay a firm foundation for more advanced studies.» lay + great store on = conceder mucha importancia a.
Example: Neighbourhood advice centres lay great store on their accessibility, both in terms of location and style of operation.» lay + in place = colocar.
Example: Finally gold leaf was laid in place over the blind impressions, and fixed into them with further impressions of the hot tools, surplus gold being rubbed off.» lay + interest with = prestar antención a.
Example: Our interest has lain with indexing practices rather than with search procedures.» lay into = arremeter contra, abalanzarse sobre, lanzarse sobre, emprenderla(s) a golpes con.
Example: How anyone can get a buzz from laying into someone is beyond me; it's not nice to see it happen - too many times have I seen people beaten up over nothing.» lay it on + thick = pasarse, excederse, pasarse tres pueblos, pasarse de la raya, recargar las tintas, cargar las tintas, irsele a Uno Algo de las manos.
Example: When I met him he was laying it on thick with compliments, and I thought it was 'cause he was drinking.» lay it on with + a trowel = pasarse, excederse, pasarse tres pueblos, pasarse de la raya, recargar las tintas, irsele a Uno Algo de las manos.
Example: Cousteau definitely had a flair for showmanship, and he really lays it on with a trowel in this documentary.» lay + Nombre + aside = apartar, poner a un lado, dejar a un lado.
Example: If a book does not yield immediate pleasure they tend to lay it aside.» lay + Nombre + aside = apartar, dejar a un lado.
Example: Although the work was almost completed in 1863, he laid it aside and only finished it in 1868.» lay + Nombre + aside = ahorrar, guardar.
Example: I worked long enough to receive my annual bonus and laid it aside to pay expenses for our future baby.» lay + Nombre + low = pasar a mejor vida. [Morir]
Example: All three were published posthumously, for her lifelong illness finally laid her low in 1894; she was only 32.» lay + Nombre + low = abatir, prostrar, debilitar, desanimar, derribar, poner fuera de combate, dejar fuera de combate.
Example: She suffered frequent flare-ups of widespread inflammation that would lay her low for days on end.» lay + Nombre + to rest = enterrar, acabar, finalizar.
Example: A New Orleans style funeral provided a humorous backdrop for library staff to relive the tragedies and successes of the old system as it was laid to rest.» lay off = despedir.
Example: I've been sitting here wondering how best to select the people to be laid off.» lay on = imponer.
Example: Those are, as I said in another context, monickers that were laid on them by ignorant and, I would say, mean-minded authors for their own purposes.» lay on = colocar, poner.
Example: Machine-made paper, provided that it was dry, could be laid on with sufficient accuracy for register to be made with no more ado than adjustment of the forme for the second run.» lay on = servir. [Referido generalmente a comida]
Example: I enjoyed seeing everyone so happy sharing their stories and tucking into the food and drink we laid on for the 40 or so people who had come.» lay out = presentar, poner, disponer, distribuir, colocar.
Example: There should be plenty of space to lay out all the books attractively and for people to move about without feeling too crowded.» lay out in + stages = escalonar, distribuir de un modo escalonado.
Example: These goals are presented in some kind of time frame, with the ultimate goals being in the future, and specific objectives for achieving the goals laid out in stages.» lay out on = poner.
Example: A table is set up in a classroom, books are laid out on it by pupil 'shop assistants' supervised by a rota of teachers, and regular opening hours are laid down and adhered to.» lay + Posesivo + cards on the table = poner las cartas sobre la mesa, poner las cartas boca arriba, hablar claro, hablar a calzón quitado.
Example: Thirdly, he is the only candidate to have laid his cards on the table with a sound, sensible and viable exit strategy from this awful quagmire in Iraq.» lay + Posesivo + hands on = encontrar, averiguar.
Example: It is, therefore, expedient to look into history to lay hands on the root of the problem.» lay + Posesivo + hands on = posar las manos sobre, poner la manos sobre, tocar, conseguir.
Example: She would lay her hands on my head and the pain, dizziness & nausea would dissipate.» lay + Posesivo + neck on the block = arriesgar la vida, jugarse la vida, poner en peligro la vida, jugarse la piel, jugarse el pellejo, jugarse el tipo.
Example: That means that he is foolish enough to lay his neck on the block for someone else and that he is a weak-willed man.» lay + Reflexivo + open to = hacerse vulnerable a.
Example: When it employs methods and instruments of Western science then it begins to lay itself open to the same criticisms as 'Western science'.» lay + siege to = sitiar, poner cerco a, cercar.
Example: Syrian tanks laid siege to a defiant town in the centre of the country yesterday.» lay + stress on = enfatizar, poner énfasis en.
Example: The Academy is always at the centre of every intellectual activity and lays stress on its interest in Virgilian studies.» lay + the basis for = sentar las bases, poner las bases.
Example: The library can lay the basis for lifelong independent learning through library use instruction.» lay + the blame at + Posesivo + door = culpar a, culpabilizar a, echarle la culpa a, achacar la culpa a, cargar la culpa a.
Example: Although our goalkeepers let it two goals, no blame could and should be laid at their door.» lay + the blame on = culpar a, culpabilizar a, echarle la culpa a, achacar la culpa a, cargar la culpa a.
Example: And he lay the blame for the attack fair and square on the shoulders of the US president George W. Bush and the French president.» lay + the groundwork for = sentar las bases de Algo, preparar el terreno.
Example: But if the groundwork for these accomplisments can be laid with patient, constructive efforts, that contribution is more important than presiding over the final act.» lay + the seeds = plantar la semilla.
Example: He warns America not to make the same mistakes as the world made in the 1930s, when the world economy spiraled out of control, laying the seeds for the rise of fascism.» lay + the table = poner la mesa.
Example: If it's not your turn to cook, you can lie in front of the log-burning stove, before laying the table.» lay + waste = arrasar, asolar, devastar, causar estragos, hacer estragos, destruir, desolar.
Example: The mutilation of periodicals is laying waste to vital and expensive periodical collections in all kinds of library across the USA, and it seems to strike academic libraries with particular virulence.» mislay = perder, extraviar. [Pasado y participio: mislaid. Pincha en para ver otras palabras que comienzan con este prefijo]
Example: Workflow systems automate business processes, such as the management of a housing benefit claim, to ensure all tasks are completed on time and no information can be lost or mislaid.» overlay = recubrir, revestir, superponer, seguir, estar por encima de, subyacer. [Verbo irregular: pasado y participio overlaid]
Example: There may be a very flexible communication system that overlays the administrative structure, or there may be a fairly rigid pattern of communication that adheres to the administrative lines of authority.lie (in)2 = consistir en, yacer en, encontrarse en, radicar en, residir en. [Verbo irregular: pasado lay, participio lain, gerundio lying]
Example: The main limitation of this pragmatic approach lies in the time and collection dependency of the resulting tool.more:
» answer + lie = respuesta + buscar, respuesta + encontrar.
Example: Again, there is no instant solution; the answer must lie in a lengthy process of trying to change the public's image of the library.» challenge + lie ahead = reto + avecinarse.
Example: Many challenges lie ahead for those selling children's books with increased competition and shrinking profit margins.» darker times + lie ahead = avecinarse tiempos difíciles.
Example: Darker times lie ahead if librarians are to continue to act as educators instead of assuming a role as disseminators of information and knowledge.» difficulty + lie = dificultad + encontrarse.
Example: The difficulty of timetabling, staffing rotas etc. lies principally in the numerous drafts which usually have to be made to produce the final version.» hard times lie ahead = se avecinan malos tiempos.
Example: Hard times lie ahead, the halcyon days are gone -- perhaps forever.» have + a lie-in = quedarse en la cama hasta tarde, no levantarse hasta tarde.
Example: She said she deserved to have a lie-in after more than a decade of getting up at the crack of dawn.» herein lies the rub = ese es el problema, ahí está el problema, esa es la dificultad, ahí está la dificultad, esa es la cuestión, ese es el asunto.
Example: But despite the many catalog worlds, and herein lies the rub -- or at least a rough spot -- we have been proceeding on the assumption that the catalog exists in the form of the data distributed by the Library of Congress.» hope + lie = esperanza + estar.
Example: The only hope for the future of the industry lies in a general upturn in the economy.» interest + lie with = interés + centrarse en.
Example: Our interest has lain with indexing practices rather than with search procedures.» it + lie with + Nombre/Pronombre + to + Infinitivo = ser la responsabilidad de Alguien + Infinitivo.
Example: Finally, then, it must lie with the editor to ensure that the submissions from individual contributors are legible.» let + farmland lie fallow = dejar la tierra en barbecho.
Example: Letting farmland lie fallow is the right thing to do, but some farmers can not afford to do it regardless of the beneficial impact on the land.» let + sleeping dogs lie = dejar las cosas como están, dejar las cosas tranquilas, no buscarle las pulgas al perro, no hurgar en la herida.
Example: She feels torn between her love of the truth and the desire to let sleeping dogs lie.» let + the fields lie fallow = dejar los campos en barbecho.
Example: By crop rotation farmers can keep their fields under continuous production, without the need to let them lie fallow, and reducing the need for artificial fertilizers, both of which can be expensive.» lie about/(a)round = estar de aquí para allá sin hacer nada, echarse aquí y allá sin hacer nada.
Example: Next, we come across some wild dogs -- six or eight of them -- lying about lazily on the dried-up flash-flood river bed.» lie about/(a)round = andar rodando por ahí, estar rodando por ahí, tener arrinconado por ahí, estar arrinconado por ahí.
Example: He was also surprised to find that some food he had collected for his brigade and left lying about somewhere.» lie about/(a)round + the house = andar rodando por la casa, estar rodando por la casa, tener arrinconado en la casa, estar arrinconado en la casa.
Example: If you happen to have a couple of turntables lying around the house, we've got the perfect project for you this weekend.» lie about/(a)round + the house = andar rodando por la casa sin hacer nada, estar rodando por la casa sin hacer nada.
Example: Retirement is the time of life when you stop lying about your age and start lying about the house.» lie about/(a)round + the place = andar rodando por ahí, estar rodando por ahí, tener arrinconado por ahí, estar arrinconado por ahí.
Example: Many houses have unused gold items lying around the place, hiding away in drawers providing no use to any person.» lie ahead = avecinarse, acercarse, aproximarse.
Example: It is possible to make generalizations leading to predictions of what lies ahead for geoscience information professionals.» lie at + the heart of = ser de importancia vital.
Example: Although the distinction between 'societies' and 'institutions' lies at the heart of the code.» lie at + the root of = encontrarse en el trasfondo de, ser la razón de.
Example: Telecommunications technology lies at the root of formal concepts such as Inter-Information Subjects Networks (IISNs) and National Information Systems (NISs), developed in the last few years.» lie back = retreparse, recostarse, echarse hacia atrás, echarse para atrás.
Example: Lisa lay back, her hair spilling across the pillow, without a stitch on, wondering how she could feel so completely at ease with him.» lie behind = subyacer.
Example: Modern discussion centered around film and TV has interrogated more profoundly the social attitudes and theories which lie behind the concept of the creative author.» lie beyond = caer fuera de.
Example: We have excluded consideration of the many applications of the computer in pre- and post-coordinate indexing as lying beyond the limits and objectives of this particular course.» lie beyond + concern = estar fuera del interés de uno.
Example: We talk heatedly about books that lie beyond our present concerns because these allow us to speculate and often present us with puzzles we want to explore.» lie + buried = yacer enterrado, permanecer enterrado.
Example: Then, there was only a long, deathly silence -- Pompeii lay buried for nearly 1700 years.» lie + dormant = permanecer inactivo, estar inactivo, hibernar.
Example: Such special duty can be intensely challenging, freeing creative energies that would otherwise lie dormant.» lie down = echarse, tumbarse, yacer, recostarse, tenderse, acostarse.
Example: They stopped or lay down or wallowed frequently just before the crossing point on the river.» lie down on + the job = holgazanear en el trabajo, no rendir en el trabajo, dormirse en el trabajo, descuidar el trabajo.
Example: Anyway, we don't know much about Nicole yet, just that she's a babysitter who was caught lying down on the job.» lie down with dogs and you get fleas = acuéstate con niños y amanecerás meado.
Example: I have always believed that, as the old sayings go, 'You are known by the company you keep', 'Birds of a feather flock together', 'Lie down with dogs and you get fleas', etc, etc.» lie + fallow = estar inerte, estar inactivo, estar en barbecho.
Example: Rather readers grow by fits and starts now rushing ahead, now lying fallow, and now moving steadily on.» lie + forgotten = olvidarse, pasar desapercibido.
Example: The 18th-century Philadelphia house of James Dexter will not lie forgotten beneath a planned tour bus depot.» lie + hidden = yacer oculto, latir, estar oculto.
Example: For six years, the torture chamber lay hidden in the cellars of what had once been an orphanage for deaf children.» lie in = quedarse en la cama hasta tarde, no levantarse hasta tarde.
Example: You spend forty odd years wishing you didn't have to be up and out before 8am every morning -- so why do pensioners never lie in?.» lie in + bed = echarse en la cama, estar acostado.
Example: In order to study the long-term effects of gravity on the human body, NASA is looking for a few good lazy people to lie in bed all day sleeping.» lie in + store (for) = aguardar, deparar, esperar.
Example: I've often wondered whether my mother still would have left him if she could have known what lay in store for him.» lie in + wait (for) = acechar, estar al acecho.
Example: The hurdles that lie in wait for us include ones called 'connectivity', 'electronic journals', 'new software', 'new computers', 'more RAM', 'local area networks' and 'more time and energy'.» lie + low = tratar de pasar desapercibido, tratar de pasar inadvertido, tratar de no llamar la atención. [Algunos hablantes utilizan lay/laid low en su lugar]
Example: Whilst they grumbled about it in internal memos they decided to lie low and let the matter cool down.» lie + midway between ... and ... = estar a caballo entre... y..., estar a medio camino entre... y....
Example: Typography at present is treated as an aspect of communication; it should instead be considered as lying midway between the plastic and the graphic arts.» lie on + Posesivo + back = acostarse de espaldas, acostarse boca arriba, tumbarse de espaldas, tumbarse boca arriba.
Example: He lustily told her in one message that he wanted her lying on her back.» lie on + Posesivo + oars = darse un respiro, tomarse un respiro, darse un descanso, tomarse un descanso, descansar, dormirse en los laureles.
Example: But that is no reason for lying on our oars and refusing to see that our service is full of absurdities and mistakes.» lie on + Posesivo + stomach = acostarse boca abajo, tumbarse boca abajo.
Example: She's had to lie on her stomach for many years because of an over-10kg tumor on her buttocks.» lie on + Posesivo + tummy = acostarse boca abajo, tumbarse boca abajo.
Example: She was lying on her tummy in her bed, watching the clock on her nightstand.» lie on + the sofa = tumbarse en el sofá, echarse en el sofá.
Example: As soon as my whippet goes into the living room he just jumps all over the furniture and if I go upstairs first thing he will do is lie on the sofa.» lie outside + the scope of = estar fuera del interés, estar fuera del alcance, caer fuera del interés de.
Example: Consideration of PRECIS and the chain procedure lies outside the scope of this particular volume.» lie + prostrate = yacer postrado, postrarse.
Example: Pope Francis today lay prostrate in the centre of St Peter's Basilica in the Vatican to commemorate Jesus' death by crucifixion.» lie + scattered = estar esparcido, estar disperso.
Example: So we see many wits and ingenuities lying scattered up and down the world, whereof some are now labouring to do what is already done and puzzling themselves to reinvent what is already invented.» lie + unnoticed = pasar desapercibido, pasar inadvertido.
Example: There are a number of examples of what ultimately appear as highly significant discoveries lying unnoticed for years in the literature.» lie within + Posesivo + power = estar dentro de las posibilidades de uno.
Example: He must assure himself that he has indeed eliminated every possibility that lies within his power before concluding that he has indeed drawn a blank.» opportunity + lie in = oportunidad + residir en.
Example: The opportunity aspect lies in both the act of reporting and the style selected for sending the message.» origins + lie = orígenes + encontrarse.
Example: The origins of the Internet lie in the various academic and research computer networks which developed in the 70s and 80s.» overlie = recubrir, revestir, superponer, seguir, estar por encima de, subyacer. [Verbo irregular: pasado overlay, participio overlain]
Example: The disputes between islanders and outsiders overlie the deeper problem of administrative denial of indigenous lagoon rights.» problem + lie = problema + residir, problema + encontrarse, problema + estar.
Example: The problem that lies at the base of the librarian/faculty conflict is that many members of the teaching faculty have no idea of what librarians do.» problem + lie ahead = problema + avecinarse.
Example: The large profits to be made in this field will outbalance the problems that may lie ahead.» roots + lie = las raíces se remontan a.
Example: Its roots, however, lay at least two millenia in the past.» solution + lie in = solución + encontrarse en.
Example: The solution appears to lie in a two-pronged attack.» the importance of + Nombre + lie = importancia + yacer, importancia + radicar, importancia + residir.
Example: The importance of serials lies in the relative speed at which they are able to communicate information on the results of scholarly research = La importancia de las publicaciones seriadas radica en la velocidad relativa con que son capaces de informar sobre los resultados de la investigación científica.» the reason + lie in = el motivo + estar en.
Example: The reason behind this requirement of digital data lies in the engineering aspects of digital computers: they can only manipulate digital signals.» trouble + lie = problema + radicar.
Example: The trouble lay in the difficulty of imposing type on a curved surface.» you've made your bed, now you must lie in it! = tienes lo que te mereces; tú te lo guisas, tú te lo comes; a lo hecho, pecho; cría cuervos y te sacarán los ojos; el que la hace, la paga, aquellos polvos traen estos lodos.
Example: After all, "you've made your bed, now you must lie in it," so there's no sense complaining.