lie

tumbarse, acostarse

Estar con el cuerpo extendido en horizontal sobre una cama, el suelo u otra superficie.

En inglés sencillo: To rest with your body flat on a bed, floor, or other surface.

• Lie down and rest.
• She lay on her back in the grass.
• I have lain awake for hours.

Cómo se usa: lie down (You should lie down for a while.); lie on something (He lay on the sofa all afternoon.)

Sinónimos: recline

Antónimos: stand, sit

Expresiones frecuentes: lie down, lie on something, lie in bed, lie flat

mentir

Decir o escribir algo sabiendo que no es verdad.

En inglés sencillo: To say or write something you know is not true.

• Please do not lie to me.
• He lied about where he had been.
• Are you lying to protect your friend?

Cómo se usa: lie to someone (He lied to his parents.); lie about something (She lied about her age.)

Sinónimos: tell lies

Antónimos: tell the truth

Expresiones frecuentes: lie to someone, lie about something, lie under oath

estar, yacer

Encontrarse en un lugar determinado sin moverse.

En inglés sencillo: To be in a particular place without moving.

• His coat lies on the floor.
• The letter lay unopened on her desk.
• Old toys were lying under the bed.

Cómo se usa: lie + place (Her keys lay on the kitchen table.)

Sinónimos: rest, sit

Expresiones frecuentes: lie on something, lie under something, lie untouched, lie flat

engañar, mentir

Hacer que algo parezca distinto de lo que realmente es.

En inglés sencillo: To make something seem different from how it really is.

• The camera can lie.
• These photographs lie about the size of the room.
• Statistics sometimes lie when important details are missing.

Sinónimos: mislead, deceive

Expresiones frecuentes: lie about something, camera can lie, numbers never lie

mentira

Algo que alguien dice o escribe sabiendo que no es verdad.

En inglés sencillo: Something someone says or writes that they know is not true.

• That is a lie.
• She told a lie to avoid trouble.
• Nobody believed his lies anymore.

Cómo se usa: lie about something (His story was a lie about his past.)

Sinónimos: untruth, falsehood

Antónimos: truth

Expresiones frecuentes: tell a lie, a complete lie, lie about something