Sentence examples of "lay off" in English

Select source language

Select target language

The company laid off five people. La compañía despidió a cinco personas.

We've all been laid off. Todos fuimos despedidos.

The automobile company laid off 300 workers. La compañía de automóviles despidió a 300 trabajadores.

Tom couldn't completely rule out the possibility that he might be laid off from work. Tom no podía descartar del todo la posibilidad de que pudiera resultar despedido del trabajo.

You should really lay off that. It'll ruin your health. Realmente deberías dejar eso. Arruinará tu salud.

The lion lay in the middle of the cage. El león yacía al medio de la jaula.

You had better call off your plan. Mejor le hubieras dado un alto a tu plan.

The mother lay beside her baby on the bed. La madre yacía al lado de su bebé en la cama.

The plane took off just now. El avión acaba de despegar.

I lay on my bed. Me acuesto en mi cama.

It surprised me that platypus lay eggs. Me sorprendió saber que los ornitorrincos ponen huevos.

I forgot to turn off the television before bed. Me olvidé de apagar la televisión antes de irme a la cama.

He lay in agony until the doctor arrived. Él yació agonizante hasta que llegó el médico.

Police cordoned off the crime scene. La policía acordonó la escena del crimen.

Tom read anything he could lay his hands on. Tom leía cualquier cosa que cayera en sus manos.

A tall man went off from there in a hurry. Un hombre alto se marchó de allí con prisa.

Tom lay awake for a long time thinking about Mary. Tom yació despierto durante un largo rato pensando en Mary.

What are you doing on your night off? ¿Qué vas a hacer en tu noche libre?

Tom lay on his back. Tom se acostó boca arriba.

Tom is taking a few days off. Tom se está tomando un par de días libres.

Examples of word usage in different contexts are provided solely for linguistic purposes, i.e. to study word usage in a sentence in one language and how they can be translated into another. All samples are automatically collected from a variety of publicly available open sources using bilingual search technologies.
If you find a spelling, punctuation or any other error in the original or translation, use the "Report a problem" option or write to us.

In this section, you can see how words and expressions are used in different contexts using examples of translations made by professionals. The Contexts section will help you learn English, German, Spanish and other languages. Here you can find examples with phrasal verbs and idioms in texts that vary in style and theme. Examples can be sorted by translations and topics.

Learn foreign languages, see the translation of millions of words and expressions, and use them in your e-mail communication.

PROMT Professional NMT

Try offline translator for your PC and laptop

Download

PROMT Master NMT

Accurate document translation

Download