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"Lays" is a form of "lay", a transitive verb which is often translated as "poner". "Lie" is a noun which is often translated as "la mentira". Learn more about the difference between "lays" and "lie" below.
lay(
ley
)A transitive verb is a verb that requires a direct object (e.g., I bought a book.).
b. extender (place flat)
After you're done ironing it, please just lay the dress on the bed.Después de haberlo planchado, por favor extiende el vestido sobre la cama.
a. echar
I can't believe she laid the blame on me for the whole accident!¡No puedo creer que ella me echó la culpa por todo el accidente!
3. (to birth)
4. (to install)
a. poner
Please turn the television off and lay the table.Por favor, apaga el televisor y pon la mesa.
b. preparar
It's a good idea to lay the fire now while we still have sunlight.Es una buena idea preparar el fuego ahora, mientras todavía tengamos luz solar.
c. tender (a trap, cable)
The hunters laid a number of traps for the hares.Los cazadores tendieron varias trampas para las liebres.
6. (to wager)
7. (vulgar) (to have sex with)
A word or phrase that is crude, indecent, and generally rejected by society.
a. tirarse a (colloquial)
A word or phrase that is commonly used in conversational speech (e.g., skinny, grandma).
I wouldn't mind laying Jimmy's sister.No me importaría tirarme a la hermana de Jimmy.
b. coger (vulgar) (Central America) (South America)
A word or phrase that is crude, indecent, and generally rejected by society.
Regionalism used in Central America: Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, and Panama
Regionalism used in South America: Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay, and Venezuela
I laid him at the party last night. - You didn't!Lo cogí en la fiesta anoche. - ¿En serio?
c. follarse a (vulgar) (Spain)
A word or phrase that is crude, indecent, and generally rejected by society.
Regionalism used in Spain
I laid her in the park.Me la follé en el parque.
An adjective is a word that describes a noun (e.g., the big dog).
a. laico
His father was a minister, but he preferred to pursue a lay career.Su padre fue un ministro, pero él prefirió dedicarse a una carrera laica.
b. lego
Though it began as a religious seminary, the university is now a lay organization.Aunque comenzó como un seminario religioso, la universidad es ahora una organización lega.
a. lego
Can you summarize the findings in lay terms?¿Puede resumir lo descubierto en términos legos?
An intransitive verb is one that does not require a direct object (e.g., The man sneezed.).
a. poner huevos
We bought three hens, but none of them lay.Compramos tres gallinas, pero ninguna pone huevos.
A noun is a word referring to a person, animal, place, thing, feeling, or idea (e.g., man, dog, house).
11. (medieval poem)
a. la trova (F)
(f) means that a noun is feminine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
We have to analyze three lays for my history class on Friday.Nos toca analizar tres trovas para mi clase de historia del viernes.
lie(
lay
)A noun is a word referring to a person, animal, place, thing, feeling, or idea (e.g., man, dog, house).
1. (untruth)
a. la mentira (F)
(f) means that a noun is feminine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
She told me a lie so that I wouldn't punish her.Me dijo una mentira para que no la castigara.
An intransitive verb is one that does not require a direct object (e.g., The man sneezed.).
a. mentir
They lied about the election results.Mintieron acerca de los resultados de las elecciones.
b. echarse
Sam lay on the bed because he was exhausted.Sam se echó en la cama porque estaba agotado.
b. estar echado
My uncle was lying on a mat in the shade of an orange tree.Mi tío estaba echado sobre una alfombrilla a la sombra de un naranjo.
c. estar tendido
He was very pale, lying there on the stretcher.Estaba muy pálido, allí tendido en la camilla.
d. estar tumbado
My dream is to lie in a hammock on the beach.Sueño con estar en la playa tumbado en una hamaca.
a. estar enterrado
My grandfather lies in a cemetery in San Diego.Mi abuelo está enterrado en un cementerio de San Diego.
b. yacer
Benito Juarez lies in the San Fernando Pantheon.Benito Juárez yace en el Panteón de San Fernando.
b. radicar
The problem lies in the fact that we don't have enough trained language teachers.El problema radica en el hecho de que no tenemos suficientes profesores de idiomas titulados.
c. estribar
The secret to our success lies in our willingness to listen and learn.El secreto de nuestro éxito estriba en nuestra disposición para escuchar y aprender.
d. consistir
The answer lies in educating young people better.La solución consiste en educar mejor a los jóvenes.
7. (to remain)
8. (geography)
a. estar situado
The town lies five miles south of here.El pueblo está situado a cinco millas al sur de aquí.
b. estar ubicado
The village of Waterside lies just outside Kirkintilloch.La aldea de Waterside está ubicada a poca distancia de Kirkintilloch.
