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For the verb: "to lie"
| Simple Past: | lay, lied |
| Past Participle: | lain, lied |
Concise Oxford Paravia Italian Dictionary © 2009 Pearson Paravia Bruno Mondadori spa e Oxford University Press:
1.lie /laɪ/ n. bugia f., menzogna f.;
to tell a ~ dire una bugia;
to give the ~ to sth., sb. smentire qcs., qcn.
locuzioni idiomatiche to live a ~ vivere nella menzogna.
2.lie /laɪ/- tr. (forma in -ing lying; pass., p.pass. lied) he ~d his way into the job ha avuto il posto a suon di menzogne
- intr. (forma in -ing lying; pass., p.pass. lied) mentire (to sb. a qcn.; about su, riguardo a);
he ~d about her ha mentito riguardo a lei.
- (in horizontal position) [person, animal] (action) stendersi, distendersi, sdraiarsi;
(state) stare disteso, stare sdraiato, giacere;
[objects] giacere;
to be lying on the bed essere disteso sul letto;
to be lying in bed restare a letto;
to ~ face down stare a faccia in giù, mettersi a faccia in giù;
don’t ~ in the sun too long non stare disteso al sole per troppo tempo;
~ still stai giù;
he lay dead giaceva morto;
here ~s John Brown qui giace John Brown
- (be situated) essere situato, trovarsi;
(remain) restare;
to ~ open [book] essere aperto;
the toys lay all over the floor i giochi erano sparsi sul pavimento;
that’s where our future ~s il nostro futuro è là;
to ~ before sb. [life, career] aprirsi a qcn.;
what ~s ahead? cosa ci aspetta?
- (can be found) stare;
their interests ~ elsewhere i loro interessi stavano da un’altra parte;
to ~ in [cause, secret, fault] stare in;
[popularity, strength] venire da;
to ~ in doing [solution, cure] consistere nel fare;
to ~ behind (be hidden) stare nascosto dietro;
(instigate) essere all’origine di;
the responsibility ~s with them la responsabilità è loro
- (as covering) the snow lay thick c’era uno spesso strato di neve;
to ~ over [atmosphere] aleggiare su [place, gathering]
locuzioni idiomatiche to ~ low non farsi vedere.
Phrasal verbs:
lie about, around: ~ around [person] bighellonare;
[object] essere sparso qua e là;
to leave sth. lying around lasciare qcs. in giro; ~ around [sth.] bighellonare per [house]. lie back (di)stendersi, sdraiarsi;
(relax) rilassarsi;
he lay back on the pillow appoggiò la testa sul cuscino. lie down (briefly) sdraiarsi;
(for longer period) coricarsi;
to take it lying down colloq. fig. lasciare passare. lie in (in bed) restare a letto. lie off mar. [ship] stare al largo. lie up
- (stay in bed) stare a letto
- (hide) nascondersi.
'lie' trovato anche in queste voci:
Inglese:
about
- admittedly
- ambush
- anchor
- barefaced
- bed
- blatant
- border
- compulsively
- cosily
- deceive
- diabolical
- dirty
- dormant
- down
- east
- fable
- fabrication
- fairy tale
- flat
- front
- guilt
- heap
- idle
- lain
- land
- lay
- lazily
- lie detector
- lie-down
- lie-in
- north
- northeast
- northwest
- obvious
- palpable
- prone
- repose
- shamelessly
- sleeping
- smoothly
- south
- southeast
- southwest
- state
- still
Italiano:
abituare
- adagiare
- agguato
- allungare
- ancora
- appostamento
- appostare
- attesa
- base
- bello
- bicicletta
- bugia
- cane
- configurazione
- consistere
- coricare
- distendere
- disteso
- esulare
- falsità
- giacere
- imboscare
- infilare
- ingiù
- lasciare
- latente
- macchina
- mentire
- menzogna
- orizzontale
- pancia
- piangere
- pietoso
- posizione
- prono
- rimanere
- riposare
- riposo
- risiedere
- sbugiardare
- sdraiare
- stendere
- stomaco
- varco
- ventre
- verità
lie: WordReference English-Italiano Dictionary © 2012
| Principal Translations/Traduzioni principali | |||
| lie | n | (not truth) | bugia nf |
| The lie got him in trouble when his boss found out the truth. | |||
| La bugia l'ha messo nei guai quando il suo capo ha scoperto la verità. | |||
| lie | vi | (not say truth) | mentire⇒ vi |
| She lied to her parents about where she was on Friday night. | |||
| Ha mentito ai suoi genitori su dove era venerdì sera. | |||
| lie | vi | (sb: recline) | essere sdraiato, disteso vi |
| giacere⇒ vi | |||
| She lies on the bed without sleeping. | |||
| È sdraiata sul letto ma non dorme. | |||
| lie | vi | (sth: be spread out) | essere sparso vi |
| The papers lie all over his desk. | |||
| Le carte sono sparse per tutta la scrivania. | |||
| Additional Translations | |||
| lie | n | (relative position) | stare⇒ vi |
| The fork always lies to the left of the plate. | |||
| La forchetta sta sempre a sinistra del piatto. | |||
| lie | vi | (be situated) | essere situato, posto |
| stare⇒ vi | |||
| trovarsi⇒ vrif | |||
| The house lies in the valley. | |||
| La casa è situata nella valle. | |||
| lie | vi | (be buried) | giacere⇒ vi |
| Her body lies in that cemetery. | |||
| Il suo corpo giace al cimitero. | |||
| lie | vi | (stay) | trovarsi⇒ vrif |
| The books lie on the bookshelf downstairs. | |||
| I libri si trovano sulla libreria di sotto. | |||
| lie | vi | (can be found in) | risiedere⇒ vi |
| The problem lies in the fact that he doesn't know how to work with people. | |||
| Il problema risiede nel fatto che lui non sa come si lavora con le persone. | |||
| lie | vi | (remain unchanged) tralasciare | lasciar stare⇒ vtr |
| Just let this matter lie. We don't want to cause any problems. | |||
| Lascia stare questa questione. Non vogliamo provocare nessun problema. | |||
| Segnala un errore | |||
lie: WordReference English-Italiano Dictionary © 2012
| Compound Forms/Forme composte | |||
| big lie | n | (sham, fraud) | grande bugia, grossa bugia nf |
| Le grandi masse saranno più facilmente vittime di una grande bugia che di una piccola. | |||
| big lie | n | (propaganda: sth outrageously false) | menzogna nf |
| Mica crederai a tutte le menzogne di quel politico! | |||
| balla nf | |||
| Questa è veramente una balla! | |||
| let sleeping dogs lie | non svegliare il can che dorme | ||
| lie across | stare di traverso | ||
| lie ahead | vi | (be in store, be going to happen) | arrivare⇒, venire⇒ vi |
| stare per succedere | |||
| No matter our plans, we never really know what lies ahead. | |||
| lie along | stare disteso | ||
| lie around | vi | (lounge about idly) | gironzolare⇒, girare⇒, perdere tempo vi |
| You said you would mow the lawn, but all you've done today is lie around the house. | |||
| The teenager chose to lie around for most of the day. | |||
| Non fai altro che girare per casa tutto il giorno! | |||
| lie around | vi | (remain idle or unused) | essere sparsi in giro |
| We have many old books that just lie around the attic waiting to be read. | |||
| lie at the heart | stare a cuore | ||
| lie awake | vi | (be unable to sleep) | non riuscire a chiudere occhio, rimanere a letto sveglio vi |
| I lay awake most of the night worrying. | |||
| I miss you and sometimes lie awake at night thinking of you. | |||
| lie back | vi | (recline) | appoggiarsi all'indietro, adagiarsi |
| At the end of a hard day, I like to lie back in my favorite recliner and read a good book. | |||
| lie behind sth | v | (be the real reason for sth) | stare dietro a |
| lie beneath | stare sotto | ||
| lie by | essere nelle vicinanze | ||
| lie by | rimanere accanto | ||
| lie by | mettersi in panna | ||
| lie close | essere vicino | ||
| lie close to sth | essere vicino a qcs, trovarsi vicino a qcs | ||
| lie detector | macchina della verità | ||
| lie dormant | essere inattivo | ||
| lie down | vi | (recline or prostrate oneself) | distendersi, stendersi v rif |
| I'm very tired so I'm going to lie down. | |||
| The man had to lie down on the table for the doctor to inspect his abdomen. | |||
| Sono molto stanco perciò vado a distendermi. | |||
| lie fallow | maggesare | ||
| lie flat | essere piatto | ||
| lie flat | stare disteso | ||
| lie hidden | stare nascosto | ||
| lie in | vi | informal (stay in bed later than usual) | stare a letto fino a tardi vi |
| I will lie in this morning because I was out celebrating my birthday yesterday evening. | |||
| The newlyweds loved to lie in on Sunday mornings. | |||
| lie in state | essere esposto nella camera ardente | ||
| lie in wait | restare in attesa | ||
| lie in wait for | restare in attesa di | ||
| lie low | nascondersi v | ||
| lie of the land | configurazione del terreno | ||
| lie of the land | lo stato delle cose | ||
| lie of the land | le circostanze | ||
| lie on | essere disteso su | ||
| lie on your back | sdraiarsi sulla schiena | ||
| lie still | restare fermo | ||
| lie to | essere ancorato | ||
| lie to sb | mentire a qc vi | ||
| lie under | mettersi giù | ||
| lie with | fare l'amore | ||
| lie with | spettare a | ||
| little white lie | n | informal (fib, trivial lie) | bugia innocente nf |
| tell a lie | v | (say sth untrue) | dire una bugia vtr |
| I used to tell a lot of lies when I was a little kid. | |||
| the big lie | la grande smentita nf | ||
| white lie | n | (fib) | bugia a fin di bene nf |
| Telling her grandmother the little white lie was kinder than explaining how dreadful the old woman's dress really looked. | |||
| white-lie | della bugia bianca nf | ||
| Segnala un errore | |||
Forum discussions with the word(s) 'lie' in the title:
Discussioni nei forum nel cui titolo è presente la parola 'lie':
A big lie
A plain lie
an appeal shall lie
Anyone can lie about their physical appearance, their career
don't lie to me
give the lie to the seeming detachment
heady and apt to lie about a man
I can't lie to myself
I can't lie, I don't like to
I lie in wait for your reply
I was to lie
I'd best let you know how the cards lie
if you lie like a rug
lean back, sit back, lie back
let a story lie
let sleeping dogs lie
lie
Lie (golf)
lie awake
Lie Down
lie down
lie down on the couch
Lie with eyes wide open
lie your way out
loop the lie
never have LIED to you/never will LIE to you
put the lie to
Rather be hurt by the truth than deceived by a lie
Sell you on a great big lie
sometimes it is good to lie in Italian
continua...
A plain lie
an appeal shall lie
Anyone can lie about their physical appearance, their career
don't lie to me
give the lie to the seeming detachment
heady and apt to lie about a man
I can't lie to myself
I can't lie, I don't like to
I lie in wait for your reply
I was to lie
I'd best let you know how the cards lie
if you lie like a rug
lean back, sit back, lie back
let a story lie
let sleeping dogs lie
lie
Lie (golf)
lie awake
Lie Down
lie down
lie down on the couch
Lie with eyes wide open
lie your way out
loop the lie
never have LIED to you/never will LIE to you
put the lie to
Rather be hurt by the truth than deceived by a lie
Sell you on a great big lie
sometimes it is good to lie in Italian
continua...
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