Permanecer

[DailyWord]

This is a discussion thread for the Daily Spanish Word for January 13, 2010

permanecer (verb) — to stay, remain. Look up permanecer in the dictionary

¿Dónde permanecerás cuando visites la Ciudad de Mexico?
Where will you stay when you visit Mexico City?

Permaneció un mes en Roma.
He remained in Rome for one month.

Son versos que permanecerán en la memoria.
These are lines which will be remembered.

Permaneció en silencio antes de contestar.
He was silent for a while before answering.

Mi hermano permanece indeciso acerca de ir a estudiar en Tokio.
My brother remains undecided about going to study in Tokyo.

[laepelba]

Tres estudiantes permanecieron despues de la clase para recibir ayudar.

????

[Perikles]

Originally Posted by laepelba

Tres estudiantes permanecieron despues de la clase para recibir ayudar.

????

I think you may be confusing 'to stay' in the sense of 'not go away' and the sense of 'go somewhere for a time'. Tres estudiantes se quedaron ....

[laepelba]

Originally Posted by DailyWord

Permaneció un mes en Roma.
He remained in Rome for one month.

Originally Posted by Perikles

I think you may be confusing 'to stay' in the sense of 'not go away' and the sense of 'go somewhere for a time'. Tres estudiantes se quedaron ....

Me too =

I thought my sentence used the word in the same way as the example about Rome... ?? And what is the difference between "stay in the sense of 'not go away'" and "in the sense of go somewhere for a time", because I don't think I get the latter.....

[AngelicaDeAlquezar]

Originally Posted by laepelba

Tres estudiantes permanecieron después de la clase para recibir ayudar ayuda.

Correct. It corresponds to the use of "permanecer" as a synonym of "quedarse".

Son versos que se quedarán en la memoria.

Se quedó un mes en Roma.

Los estudiantes se quedaron después de la clase.

[CrOtALiTo]

I remained in the new father's house.

I appreciate if you can correcting me.

[laepelba]

Originally Posted by AngelicaDeAlquezar

Correct. It corresponds to the use of "permanecer" as a synonym of "quedarse".

Son versos que se quedarán en la memoria.

Se quedó un mes en Roma.

Los estudiantes se quedaron después de la clase.

Wait, huh? WHAT is correct? I thought Perikles was telling me that my use of "permanecer" is wrong in my sentence about students staying after school. Hmmm.....

[chileno]

Originally Posted by laepelba

Wait, huh? WHAT is correct? I thought Perikles was telling me that my use of "permanecer" is wrong in my sentence about students staying after school. Hmmm.....

You thought correct. Perikles is incorrect. Bad Perikles bad...

[bobjenkins]

Nunca el mar permanece oscuro después de la tormenta

Jajaj busqué el diccionario y también significa permanecer "to abide"

El dude permanece

[Perikles]

Originally Posted by chileno

You thought correct. Perikles is incorrect. Bad Perikles bad...

Very true, sorry all. I was asking a question, and I did have a huge behind my comment. *cringe*

[laepelba]

Originally Posted by Perikles

Very true, sorry all. I was asking a question, and I did have a huge behind my comment. *cringe*

It's okay, P, we still love you!

[AngelicaDeAlquezar]

@Bob: "permanecer" means to abide in the sense of "to remain stable or fixed in a state" and "to continue in a place".

The biblical sentence "The Earth abides" is translated as "La tierra permanece".

[chileno]

Originally Posted by Perikles

Very, sorry all. I was asking a question, and I did have a huge behind my comment. *cringe*

I was just messing with you. It was a valid doubt.