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