Phrase guide

stay the night

verb · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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verb

Meaning 1

To spend a night at someone else's home.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • If you can't find another place to crash, you can stay the night at mine if you like.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

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Across languages

Translations

28 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: пренощувам (prenoštuvam) — stay overnight
  • Danish: overnatte — stay overnight
  • Dutch: overnachten — stay overnight
  • Finnish: yöpyä — stay overnight
  • German: übernachten — stay overnight
  • Greenlandic: unnuivoq — stay overnight
  • Hebrew: לָן (lán) — stay overnight
  • Hungarian: éjszakázik — stay overnight
  • Italian: pernottare — stay overnight
  • Latin: pernoctō — stay overnight
  • Polish: nocować — stay overnight
  • Polish: przenocować — stay overnight
  • Polish: zanocować — stay overnight
  • Polish: zostawać na noc — stay overnight
  • Polish: zostać na noc — stay overnight
  • Portuguese: pernoitar — stay overnight
  • Romanian: înnopta — stay overnight
  • Russian: ночева́ть (nočevátʹ) — stay overnight
  • Russian: переночева́ть (perenočevátʹ) — stay overnight
  • Russian: заночева́ть (zanočevátʹ) — stay overnight
  • Sidamo: gala — stay overnight
  • Spanish: pernoctar — stay overnight
  • Spanish: pasar la noche — stay overnight
  • Spanish: quedarse por / durante la noche — stay overnight
  • Ukrainian: ночува́ти (nočuváty) — stay overnight
  • Ukrainian: переночува́ти (perenočuváty) — stay overnight
  • Ukrainian: заночува́ти (zanočuváty) — stay overnight
  • Vietnamese: ở qua đêm — stay overnight