Lay

"Lay" in Italian

laica

(non-clergy)

laico

(non-clergy)

profana

(non-professional)

profano

(non-professional)

deporre

(to deposit an egg)

disporre

(to prepare groundwork, table etc.)

giacere

(to have sex with)

lasciare

(to leave something somewhere)

porre

(to place something down in a position of rest)

posare

(to place something down in a position of rest)

posare

(to install certain building materials)

Lay vs Lie: A Practical Tense Guide

Use lay and lie correctly in present and past tense without memorizing grammar tables.

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.