stay
SteeplySteeply.
» I'm sorry, I can't stay long.
Es tut mir leid, ich kann nicht lange bleiben. — MUIRIEL
Entschuldigen Sie! Ich kann nicht lange bleiben. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Извините, я не могу остаться надолго. — Lenin_1917
Вибачте, я не можу залишитися надовго. — ChickenKiev
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1 senses(UK, dialectal)Steeply.
Examples
14436 sentencesI'm sorry, I can't stay long.
Вибачте, я не можу залишитися надовго. — ChickenKiev
ruИзвините, я не могу остаться надолго. — Lenin_1917
deEs tut mir leid, ich kann nicht lange bleiben. — MUIRIEL
How long will you stay here?
Як довго ти тут будеш? — deniko
ruКак долго ты будешь здесь? — afyodor
deWie lange werdet ihr hierbleiben? — MUIRIEL
I would rather stay at home.
Я би краще залишився вдома. — deniko
deIch würde lieber zu Hause bleiben. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
We plan to stay a week.
Ми плануємо залишитися на тиждень. — deniko
ruМы планируем остаться на неделю. — marafon
deWir planen, eine Woche zu bleiben. — Vortarulo
Can't you stay a little longer?
Чи не могли би ви ще трохи побути? — deniko
ruВы не можете остаться ещё ненадолго? — marafon
deKannst du nicht noch etwas länger bleiben? — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Origin
From Middle English *steȝe, from Old English *stǣġe, an apocopated variant of stǣġel (“steFrom Middle English *steȝe, from Old English *stǣġe, an apocopated variant of stǣġel (“steep, abrupt”), from Proto-West Germanic *staigil (“steep”), see sty.
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Forms
stayer/more stay, stayest/most stayLessons for this word
1 lessons- A2Comparatives — Because it has a comparative form
Collocations
12 patterns- to stay in
- planning to stay
- stay at home
- planning on staying
- to stay here
- want to stay
- have to stay
- stay home
- stay away from
- going to stay
- stay in bed
- need to stay
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.