Meanings (ES + gloss)
chaira • cáshpira • embuste • guashca • guashpira • guáshpira • mentira • ñanga
An intentionally false statement; an intentional falsehood.
I knew he was telling a lie by his facial expression.
Man everywhere is the born enemy of lies.
Phrases
I tell a lieI'm telling a lieLienuxa lie can run around the world before the truth can get its boots ona lie has no legsbarefaced liebeliebig lieblue liebutler liegive lie togive one the lie in one's throatgive someone the lie in their throatgive the liegive the lie tolie bumplie detectionlie detectorlie like a ruglies beget more lieslittle white lielive a lieno word of a lienoble liepack of liesput lie toput the lie toput to lieself-liesex, lies and videotapethe cake is a liewhere's the liewhite liewithout a word of a liezombie lie
Word forms
Meanings (ES + gloss)
estar acostado • estar alebrado • estar echado • estar tumbado • reposar • yacer
To rest in a horizontal position on a surface.
The book lies on the table; the snow lies on the roof; he lies in his coffin.
Under an oak were lying asleep a pair of shepherds.
entibar • estar ubicado • estribar • radicar • yacer
To be placed or situated.
Hepaticology, outside the temperate parts of the Northern Hemisphere, still lies deep in the shadow cast by that ultimate "closet taxonomist," Franz Stephani—a ghost whose shadow f…
Ying-yang county lies 70 li southwest of the modern Teng-feng county, Honan.
Phrases
beauty lies in the eyes of the beholderdeep-lyingdevil lies in the detailsforelieforliehere lieshow the land liesif you lie with dogs you will get fleasinterlielet lielet sleeping dogs lielet the sleeping dogs lielie abovelie aheadlie aroundlie at one's doorlie at one's heartlie at someone's doorlie at someone's heartlie backlie beforelie behindlie bylie doggolie downlie ill in one's mouthlie inlie in ambushlie in honorlie in reposelie in statelie in the bed one has madelie in the waylie in waitlie like a ruglie lowlie offlie on the oarslie overlie to
Meanings (ES + gloss)
bolacear • embustear • embustir • mentir • piliar
To convey a false image or impression.
Photographs often lie.
Phrases