Meanings (ES + gloss)
acostar
To place down in a position of rest, or in a horizontal position.
A shower of rain lays the dust.
to lay a book on the table; to lay a body in the grave
poner
To prepare (a plan, project etc.); to set out, establish (a law, principle).
Even when I lay a long plan, it is never in the expectation that I will live to see it fulfilled.
poner
To install certain building materials, laying one thing on top of another.
lay brick; lay flooring
acostarse • tirar • yacer
To have sex with.
'It's because he's a no-good son of a bitch who thinks it is smart to lay his friends' wives and brag about it.'
to get laid
aovar • ovar • poner
To produce and deposit an egg or eggs.
I never kill a pullet but keep to lay the next year.
It [the Houdan breed] bears confinement well, can be kept on any soil, is very hardy, lays well, its flesh is all that can be desired, and it is a nonsitter.
Phrases
a wild goose never laid a tame eggallaybelaybest laid plansbricklaycable-laidcable-laid ropeforelayforlayget laidhawser-laidhawser-laid ropeinterlaylaid backlaid uplaid-backlaid-offlay a finger onlay a foundationlay a glove onlay a hand onlay a venuelay aboutlay an anchor to the windwardlay an egglay asidelay at someone's doorlay awaylay backlay barelay bare one's soullay behindlay bylay by the heelslay chaselay chillylay claimlay downlay down onlay eggs