stay
/steɪ/ sustantivo C2En español: estay, cable de soporte
- A strong rope or wire supporting a mast, and leading from one masthead down to some other, or other part of the vessel.
- A guy, rope, or wire supporting or stabilizing a platform, such as a bridge, a pole, such as a tentpole, the mast of a derrick, or other structural element. · The engineer insisted on using stays for the scaffolding.
- The transverse piece in a chain-cable link.
Plural stays
Phrasal verbs y expresiones
- stay away no acercarse, mantenerse alejado
- stay back To remain (at work, school, organisation, country, etc.) ...
- stay in Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see stay, in.
- stay on Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see stay, on.
- stay out To spend time away from one's home.
- stay over To stay overnight in a place other than one's home; to sl...
- stay up quedarse despierto, empalmar, reenganchar
De la biblioteca
He was afraid for the minute, but it is impossible for a mongoose to stay frightened for any length of time, and though Rikki-tikki had never met a live cobra before, his mother had fed him on dead ones, and he knew that all a grown mongoose’s business in life was to fight and eat snakes.
At home among my friends I stay;
No, I’ve made up my mind about it; if I’m Mabel, I’ll stay down here!
Tell me that first, and then, if I like being that person, I’ll come up: if not, I’ll stay down here till I’m somebody else’—but, oh dear!” cried Alice, with a sudden burst of tears, “I do wish they _would_ put their heads down!
Otras coincidencias
- stay quedar, quedarse, hospedarse A1
- stay estadía, estancia, estalaje B1
- stay asegurar con estayes, virar por avante C2
- stay soporte, ballena, corsé C2
- stay [partícula que indica frecuencia o permanencia] C2
- stay away no acercarse, mantenerse alejado
- stay back To remain
- stay in Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: ...
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