Verbo stay en inglés: conjugación completa
Diego De La Croix
Profesor bilingüe francés-español
El verbo inglés to stay significa «quedarse» en español. Es un verbo regular que forma su pasado simple y participio pasado añadiendo -ed al infinitivo.
Conjugación de stay en indicativo
Present simple (presente simple)
| Persona | Conjugación |
|---|---|
| I | stay |
| you | stay |
| he/she/it | stays |
| we | stay |
| they | stay |
Present continuous (presente continuo)
| Persona | Conjugación |
|---|---|
| I | am staying |
| you | are staying |
| he/she/it | is staying |
| we | are staying |
| they | are staying |
Present perfect (pretérito perfecto)
| Persona | Conjugación |
|---|---|
| I | have stayed |
| you | have stayed |
| he/she/it | has stayed |
| we | have stayed |
| they | have stayed |
Past simple (pasado simple)
| Persona | Conjugación |
|---|---|
| I | stayed |
| you | stayed |
| he/she/it | stayed |
| we | stayed |
| they | stayed |
Past continuous (pasado continuo)
| Persona | Conjugación |
|---|---|
| I | was staying |
| you | were staying |
| he/she/it | was staying |
| we | were staying |
| they | were staying |
Past perfect (pluscuamperfecto)
| Persona | Conjugación |
|---|---|
| I | had stayed |
| you | had stayed |
| he/she/it | had stayed |
| we | had stayed |
| they | had stayed |
Future simple (futuro simple)
| Persona | Conjugación |
|---|---|
| I | will stay |
| you | will stay |
| he/she/it | will stay |
| we | will stay |
| they | will stay |
Future perfect (futuro perfecto)
| Persona | Conjugación |
|---|---|
| I | will have stayed |
| you | will have stayed |
| he/she/it | will have stayed |
| we | will have stayed |
| they | will have stayed |
Conjugación de stay en condicional
Present (presente)
| Persona | Conjugación |
|---|---|
| I | would stay |
| you | would stay |
| he/she/it | would stay |
| we | would stay |
| they | would stay |
Past (pasado)
| Persona | Conjugación |
|---|---|
| I | would have stayed |
| you | would have stayed |
| he/she/it | would have stayed |
| we | would have stayed |
| they | would have stayed |
Conjugación de stay en imperativo
Conjugación de stay en participio
Present (presente)
| Persona | Conjugación |
|---|---|
| - | staying |
Past (pasado)
| Persona | Conjugación |
|---|---|
| - | stayed |
Ejemplos
I stay every day.
Yo quedarse todos los días.
He stays regularly.
Él quedarse regularmente.
We stay together.
Nosotros quedarse juntos.
I stayed yesterday.
Yo quedarse ayer.
I have stayed.
Yo he quedarse.
I will stay tomorrow.
Yo quedarseé mañana.
I am staying right now.
Yo estoy quedarse ahora mismo.
I like to stay.
Me gusta quedarse.
You should stay more often.
Deberías quedarse más a menudo.
Can you stay?
¿Puedes quedarse?
Errores frecuentes
Olvidar la -s de la tercera persona: He stay en vez de He stays
Correcto: He/She/It stays
En el present simple, la tercera persona del singular (he/she/it) siempre añade -s o -es al verbo. Es el error más frecuente entre hispanohablantes.
Pronunciar la -ed como sílaba separada en todos los casos
Correcto: La -ed solo se pronuncia como sílaba extra (/ɪd/) tras t o d. Tras consonante sorda suena /t/, tras sonora /d/.
En español todas las sílabas se pronuncian, pero en inglés -ed no siempre es una sílaba: walked = /wɔːkt/ (una sílaba), wanted = /ˈwɒntɪd/ (dos sílabas).
Formar preguntas sin do/does: You stay? en vez de Do you stay?
Correcto: Do you stay? / Does he/she stay?
En español, la pregunta se forma con la entonación. En inglés, el present simple y past simple necesitan el auxiliar do/does/did para preguntas y negaciones.
Confundir present simple con present continuous: I stay vs I am staying
Correcto: Hábito/general → I stay | Ahora mismo → I am staying
El present simple se usa para hábitos y verdades generales, mientras que el present continuous se usa para acciones en progreso. En español a menudo se usa el mismo tiempo para ambos.
Comparación inglés / español
| Aspecto | Inglés | Español |
|---|---|---|
| Present simple | I stay | yo quedarse |
| Present simple (3rd person) | he/she stays | él/ella quedarse |
| Present continuous | I am staying | yo estoy quedarse |
| Past simple | I stayed | yo quedarse |
| Present perfect | I have stayed | yo he quedarse |
| Future simple | I will stay | yo quedarseé |
| Negative | I don't stay | yo no quedarse |
| Question | Do you stay? | ¿tú quedarse? |