OXFORD 9000
📚 verb • entry_id 3228

stay

/steɪ/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
ficar • hospedarse • permanecer • quedar • quedarse
To remain in a particular place, especially for a definite or short period of time; sojourn; abide.
She would commaund the hasty Sunne to stay, Or backward turne his course from heuen's hight,
We stayed in Hawaii for a week. I can only stay for an hour.
mantenerse
To continue to have a particular quality.
Promise me you'll always stay/remain my little prince.
Wear gloves so your hands stay warm.
permanecer • quedar
To stop or delay something.
The governor stayed the execution until the appeal could be heard.
Without one word to deny himself, Yuan let himself be bound, his hands behind his back, and no one could stay the matter.
Phrases
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