Sentence examples of "estar" in Spanish with translation "lie"

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Me cansé de estar todo el día tumbado en la cama. I got tired of lying in bed all day.
Para llegar al puerto del cielo tenemos que navegar, a veces con el viento, a veces contra él, pero debemos navegar y no ir a la deriva ni estar anclados. To reach the port of heaven, we must sail sometimes with the wind and sometimes against it— but we must sail, and not drift, nor lie at anchor.
Tom cree que estás mintiendo. Tom thinks you're lying.
Mil edificios están en ruinas. One thousand buildings lay in ruins.
El viejo castillo está en ruinas. The old castle lay in ruins.
No te creo, siempre estás mintiendo. I don't believe you. You're always telling lies.
Dennis estaba estirado en el suelo. Dennis lay flat on the floor.
Estoy harto de todas sus mentiras. I'm fed up with all their lies.
La isla está al este de Japón. The island lies to the west of Japan.
La muñeca estaba tirada en el piso. The doll lay on the floor.
Cuando desperté estaba tirado en el piso. I awoke to find myself lying on the floor.
No estoy mintiendo, ¡Lo juro por Dios! I'm not lying. I swear to God!
No creo a Naomi. Creo que está mintiendo. I don't believe Naomi. I think she's lying.
La belleza está en los ojos del que mira. Beauty lies in the eyes of the one who sees.
La isla está a una milla de la costa. The island lies a mile off the coast.
Estaba acostado en un sofá con los ojos cerrados. He lay on a sofa, with his eyes closed.
Los padres enseñan a sus hijos que está mal mentir. Parents teach their children that it's wrong to lie.
La higienista dental me dijo, estando tumbado en la silla, "Bien, por favor abre tu boca." The woman dental hygienist said to me, lying down in the chair, "Right, please open your mouth."
Siempre estás mintiendo, por eso la gente no te toma en serio. Cada uno obtiene lo que merece. You're always lying- that's why people don't take you seriously. You get what you deserve.
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