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"lie" is the first person singular preterit of the verb liar. View conjugation.

lie

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lie
[laɪ]
sustantivo
1mentira (f)
  • to tell a lie -> decir una mentira, mentir
  • to give the lie to something -> desmentir algo
  • lie detector -> detector (m) de mentiras
verbo intransitivo
2mentir
  • to lie through one's teeth -> mentir descaradamente
sustantivo
también:
  • the lie of the land -> el estado de las cosas (in politics, business)
verbo intransitivo (pt lay [le?], pp lain [le?n])
1estar tumbado(a) or acostado(a) (person, animal) (be still); tumbarse, acostarse (get down)
  • here lies? -> aquí yace? (on gravestone)
  • to lie in bed -> estar en la cama
  • I lay awake all night -> permanecí despierto toda la noche
  • to lie in wait for somebody -> permanecer or estar a la espera de alguien
  • to lie low (sentido figurado) -> permanecer en un segundo plano
2estar (object)
  • a vast plain lay before us -> ante nosotros se extendía una vasta llanura
  • to lie in ruins -> quedar en ruinas; (building) quedar arruinado(a) (career, hopes)
  • the obstacles that lie in our way -> los impedimentos que obstaculizan nuestro camino
  • the snow did not lie -> la nieve no cuajó
3(abstract thing)
  • the responsibility lies with the author -> la responsabilidad recae sobre el autor
  • they know where their true interests lie -> saben dónde se hallan sus verdaderos intereses
  • the difference lies in that? -> la diferencia radica en que?
  • a brilliant future lies before her -> tiene ante sí un brillante futuro
  • what lies behind this uncharacteristic generosity? -> ¿qué hay detrás de esta inusual generosidad?

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lie [lai]
sustantivo
1Posición en que está echada una cosa; caída.
2Cubil, cama de un animal salvaje.
  • The lie of the land -> la caída, la situación relativa del terreno
participio pasivo & verbo neutro (intransitivo)
1LIED, (n)
participio activo
2LYING).
Mentir, levantar falsos testimonios; decir o hacer falsedades con intento de engañar.
verbo neutro (intransitivo)
1LAY, (n)
participio pasivo
2LAIN).
3Echarse, tumbarse, tenderse a la larga.
  • To lie sick -> guardar cama
4Descansar recostado, apoyarse.
5Reposar, acostarse, estar acostado.
6Yacer, estar echado o tendido, se usa comúnmente hablando de los muertos.
7Yacer, existir de algún modo, estar alguna persona o cosa en algún paraje.
8Residir, morar, habitar.
9Apretarse, estrecharse.
10Consistir, depender; estar en la mano alguna cosa; tocar o pertenecer a alguno la ejecución de un empleo, negocio, etc. 9.
11Estar pendiente una acusación contra alguno.
Costar.

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lie [laɪ]
noun
mentira; (f)
it's a lie! ¡(es) mentira!; to tell lies mentir; white lie mentira piadosa; (f)
to give the lie to [+report, theory] desmentir; [+person] dar el mentís a
These staff redundancies give the lie to Tory claims that ... Mo gives the lie to all the myths about being fat and unhealthy Both projects give the lie to any prejudice that flat-living is in any way downmarket These figures give the lie to those who say RSI does not exist
pack
verb:intransitive
mentir
verb:transitive
to lie one's way out of it salir del apuro mintiendo
modifier
lie detector (n) detector de mentiras; (m)
lie-detector test (n) prueba con el detector de mentiras; (f)
lie [laɪ] lay (past)lain (participle:past)
verb:intransitive
1 [+person, animal] (act) echarse; acostarse; tenderse; tumbarse; (state) estar echado acostado tendido tumbado;ororor (in grave) yacer; estar enterrado; reposar; (literary)
don't lie on the grass no te eches sobre el césped; he lay where he had fallen se quedó donde había caído
to lie asleep/in bedasleepbed estar dormido/en la cama
to lie deaddead yacer muerto
to lie helplesshelpless estar tumbado sin poder ayudarse
here lies ...here aquí yace ...
to let things lielet dejar estar las cosas como están
to lie restingresting estar descansando
to lie stillstill quedarse inmóvil
to lie low mantenerse a escondidas
2 (be situated) [+object] estar; [+town, house] estar situado; encontrarse; ubicarse; (LAm) (remain) quedarse; (stretch) extenderse
the book lay on the table el libro estaba sobre la mesa
our road lay along the riveralong nuestro camino seguía a lo largo del río
the plain lay before usbefore la llanura se extendía delante de nosotros
where does the difficulty lie?difficulty ¿en qué consiste radica la dificultad?;or
the factory lay idleidle la fábrica estaba parada
the town lies in a valleyin el pueblo está situado ubicado en un valle;or
England lies in third place Inglaterra está en tercer lugar ocupa la tercera posición;or the money is lying in the bank el dinero sigue en el banco
how does the land lie?land ¿cuál es el estado actual de las cosas?
obstacles lie in the wayobstacles hay obstáculos por delante
the problem lies in his refusalproblem el problema estriba en su negativa
the snow lay half a metre deepsnow había medio metro de nieve
the snow did not lie la nieve se derritió
the book lay unopenedunopened el libro quedaba sin abrir
the fault lies with youwith la culpa es tuya; tú eres el culpable
it lies with you to change things te corresponde a ti cambiar las cosas
noun
[of ball] posición; (f)
the lie of the landland (Geog) la configuración del terreno; el estado de las cosas
lie about
lie around
verb:intransitive:plus_adverb
[+objects] estar por ahí tirado; [+person] pasar el tiempo sin hacer nada
we lay about on our beds nos quedamos tumbados en las camas; it must be lying about somewhere estará por aquí; debe de andar por aquí
lie back
verb:intransitive:plus_adverb
recostarse;against, on sobre
lie back and think of England! ¡relájate y hazlo por la patria!
lie behind
verb:intransitive:plus_preposition
what lies behind his attitude? ¿cuál es la verdadera razón de su actitud?; I wonder what lies behind all this me pregunto qué hay detrás de todo esto
lie down
verb:intransitive:plus_adverb
echarse; acostarse; tenderse; tumbarse
lie down! (to dog) ¡échate!
to lie down on the job gandulear
to take sth lying down aguantar soportar algo sin rechistar;or
he's not one to take things lying down no es de los que se callan; no es de los que tragan con todo; (informal) we're not going to take this lying down no nos vamos a callar con este tema; no vamos a permitir que esto se quede así
lie in
verb:intransitive:plus_adverb
(stay in bed) quedarse en la cama hasta tarde
lie over
verb:intransitive:plus_adverb
quedar aplazado en suspenso;or
lie to
verb:intransitive:plus_adverb
(Náut) (act) ponerse a la capa; (state) estar a la capa;
lie up
verb:intransitive:plus_adverb
(hide) esconderse; (rest) descansar; (be out of use) quedar fuera de uso; (Náut) estar amarrado;

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Verb Conjugation for "lie"

Imperative
  • lie
  • you lie
  • he/she lies
  • we lie
  • you lie
  • they lie
Preterite
  • I lied
  • you lied
  • he/she lied
  • we lied
  • you lied
  • they lied
Present Continuous
  • I am lying
  • you are lying
  • he/she is lying
  • we are lying
  • you are lying
  • they are lying
Present Perfect
  • I have lied
  • you have lied
  • he/she has lied
  • we have lied
  • you have lied
  • they have lied
Past Continuous
  • I was lying
  • you were lying
  • he/she was lying
  • we were lying
  • you were lying
  • they were lying
Past Perfect
  • I had lied
  • you had lied
  • he/she had lied
  • we had lied
  • you had lied
  • they had lied
Future
  • I will lie
  • you will lie
  • he/she will lie
  • we will lie
  • you will lie
  • they will lie
Future Perfect
  • I will have lied
  • you will have lied
  • he/she will have lied
  • we will have lied
  • you will have lied
  • they will have lied
Future Continuous
  • I will be lying
  • you will be lying
  • he/she will be lying
  • we will be lying
  • you will be lying
  • they will be lying
Present Perfect Continuous
  • I have been lying
  • you have been lying
  • he/she has been lying
  • we have been lying
  • you have been lying
  • they have been lying
Future Perfect Continuous
  • I will have been lying
  • you will have been lying
  • he/she will have been lying
  • we will have been lying
  • you will have been lying
  • they will have been lying
Past Perfect Continuous
  • I had been lying
  • you had been lying
  • he/she had been lying
  • we had been lying
  • you had been lying
  • they had been lying
Imperative
  • lie
  • lie
  • I lie
  • you lie
  • he/she lies
  • we lie
Present
  • you lie
  • they lie
  • I lay
  • you lay
  • he/she lay
  • we lay
Preterite
  • you lay
  • they lay
  • I am lying
  • you are lying
  • he/she is lying
  • we are lying
Present Continuous
  • you are lying
  • they are lying
  • I have lain
  • you have lain
  • he/she has lain
  • we have lain
Present Perfect
  • you have lain
  • they have lain
  • I was lying
  • you were lying
  • he/she was lying
  • we were lying
Past Continuous
  • you were lying
  • they were lying
  • I had lain
  • you had lain
  • he/she had lain
  • we had lain
Past Perfect
  • you had lain
  • they had lain
  • I will lie
  • you will lie
  • he/she will lie
  • we will lie
Future
  • you will lie
  • they will lie
  • I will have lain
  • you will have lain
  • he/she will have lain
  • we will have lain
Future Perfect
  • you will have lain
  • they will have lain
  • I will be lying
  • you will be lying
  • he/she will be lying
  • we will be lying
Future Continuous
  • you will be lying
  • they will be lying
  • I have been lying
  • you have been lying
  • he/she has been lying
  • we have been lying
Present Perfect Continuous
  • you have been lying
  • they have been lying
  • I will have been lying
  • you will have been lying
  • he/she will have been lying
  • we will have been lying
Future Perfect Continuous
  • you will have been lying
  • they will have been lying
  • I had been lying
  • you had been lying
  • he/she had been lying
  • we had been lying
Past Perfect Continuous
  • you had been lying
  • they had been lying

liar
transitive verb
1to tie up (atar)
2to roll (cigarrillo)
3(envolver)
  • liar algo en -> to wrap something up in (papel)
4(involucrar)
  • liar a alguien (en) -> to get somebody mixed up (in)
5to confuse (complicar)
  • ¡ya me has liado! -> now you've really got me confused!
  • su declaración no hizo más que liar el tema -> his statement only complicated o confused matters
6(informal)
  • liarla -> to mess things up (meter la pata) (peninsular Spanish)
  • ¡ya la hemos liado!, ¿por qué la invitaste? -> you've really gone and done it now, why did you invite her?
liarse
pronomial verb
1to get muddled up (enredarse)
  • me lié y tardé tres horas en terminar -> I got muddled o confused and took three hours to finish
2to begin, to start (empezar) (peninsular Spanish)
  • liarse a hacer algo -> to start o begin doing something
  • se liaron a puñetazos -> they set about one another
3to get involved (informal) (sentimentalmente) (peninsular Spanish)(con with), to have an affair (con with)

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liar [le-ar’]
article & verb transitive
1To tie (atar), to bind, to fagot.
verb reflexive
2To contract an alliance.
3To get tied up.
4To get involved.
5To get involved (amantes) Estar liado con, to live with.

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liar
verbo:transitivo
1 [+fardos, paquetes] (atar) to tie up; (envolver) to wrap (up)
lía este paquete con una cuerda tie up this parcel with some string
bártulos petate
2 [+cigarrillo] to roll
3 (confundir) to confuse
me liaron con tantas explicaciones they confused me with all their explanations; ¡no me líes! (no me confundas) don't confuse me!; (no me metas en problemas) don't get me into trouble!
4
liarla (familiar) (provocar una discusión) to stir up trouble; (hacer algo mal) to make a mess of things; ¡la liamos! we've done it now!; (familiar)
5
liarlas (anticuado) (muy_familiar) (irse) to beat it; (familiar) (morir) to peg out; (muy_familiar)
verbo:pronominal
liarse
1 (confundirse) to get muddled up
explícalo mejor, que ya te has vuelto a liar explain it a bit better, you've got all muddled up again
2 (familiar) (sentimentalmente)
liarse con algn to have an affair with sb; get involved with sb; se ha liado con su jefe she's having an affair with her boss
3
liarse a (familiar) nos liamos a hablar y se nos pasó la hora we got talking and we forgot the time; nos liamos a ver fotos y estuve allí toda la tarde we got to looking through photos and I stayed there all evening
4
liarse a golpes a paloso (familiar) to lay into one another; (familiar)
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Verb Conjugation for "liar"

Presente Pretérito Imperfect Futuro Subjuntivo
Yo lío lie liaba liaré líe
Tú lías liaste liabas liarás líes
Ella/Él/Usted lía lio liaba liará líe
Nosotros liamos liamos liábamos liaremos liemos
Vosotros liais liasteis liabais liaréis lieis
Ellos/Ustedes lían liaron liaban liarán líen
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