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Significado de "may" en el diccionario de inglés

DICCIONARIO

ETIMOLOGÍA DE LA PALABRA MAY

Old English mæg, from magan: compare Old High German mag, Old Norse mā.

Se denomina etimología al estudio del origen de la palabras y sus cambios estructurales y de significado.

PRONUNCIACIÓN DE MAY EN INGLÉS

meɪ


CATEGORIA GRAMATICAL DE MAY

sustantivo
adjetivo
verbo
adverbio
pronombre
preposición
conjunción
determinante
exclamación
May es un verbo.
El verbo es la parte de la oración que se conjuga y expresa acción y estado.

Descubre cómo se conjuga el verbo may en inglés.

QUÉ SIGNIFICA MAY EN INGLÉS

Mayo

Mayo es el quinto mes del año en los Calendarios Juliano y Gregoriano y uno de siete meses con la duración de 31 días. Mayo es un mes de otoño en el Hemisferio Sur y primavera en el Hemisferio Norte. Por lo tanto Mayo en el Hemisferio Sur es el equivalente estacional de noviembre en el Hemisferio Norte y viceversa. Ningún otro mes comienza o termina el mismo día de la semana que el mes de mayo en cualquier año. Este mes es el único mes para tener estas dos propiedades. Sin embargo, Mayo comparte los días inicial y final con varios meses de los años anteriores y siguientes: cada año, mayo comienza y termina el mismo día de la semana que enero del año siguiente. Además, en años inmediatamente antes de los años comunes, mayo también comienza y termina el mismo día de la semana que en octubre del año siguiente. En los años inmediatamente anteriores a los años bisiestos, mayo comienza el mismo día de la semana que en abril del año siguiente; También comienza y termina el mismo día de la semana que en julio del año siguiente.

definición de may en el diccionario inglés

La primera definición de may en el diccionario es para indicar que el permiso es solicitado o otorgado a alguien. Otra definición de may es indicar la posibilidad. May también indica habilidad o capacidad, especialmente en preguntas.

CONJUGACIÓN EN INGLÉS DEL VERBO MAY

PRESENT

Present
I may
you may
he/she/it mays
we may
you may
they may
Present continuous
I am maying
you are maying
he/she/it is maying
we are maying
you are maying
they are maying
Present perfect
I have mayed
you have mayed
he/she/it has mayed
we have mayed
you have mayed
they have mayed
Present perfect continuous
I have been maying
you have been maying
he/she/it has been maying
we have been maying
you have been maying
they have been maying

PAST

Past
I mayed
you mayed
he/she/it mayed
we mayed
you mayed
they mayed
Past continuous
I was maying
you were maying
he/she/it was maying
we were maying
you were maying
they were maying
Past perfect
I had mayed
you had mayed
he/she/it had mayed
we had mayed
you had mayed
they had mayed
Past perfect continuous
I had been maying
you had been maying
he/she/it had been maying
we had been maying
you had been maying
they had been maying

FUTURE

Future
I will may
you will may
he/she/it will may
we will may
you will may
they will may
Future continuous
I will be maying
you will be maying
he/she/it will be maying
we will be maying
you will be maying
they will be maying
Future perfect
I will have mayed
you will have mayed
he/she/it will have mayed
we will have mayed
you will have mayed
they will have mayed
Future perfect continuous
I will have been maying
you will have been maying
he/she/it will have been maying
we will have been maying
you will have been maying
they will have been maying

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would may
you would may
he/she/it would may
we would may
you would may
they would may
Conditional continuous
I would be maying
you would be maying
he/she/it would be maying
we would be maying
you would be maying
they would be maying
Conditional perfect
I would have may
you would have may
he/she/it would have may
we would have may
you would have may
they would have may
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been maying
you would have been maying
he/she/it would have been maying
we would have been maying
you would have been maying
they would have been maying

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you may
we let´s may
you may
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to may
Past participle
mayed
Present Participle
maying

PALABRAS DEL INGLÉS QUE EMPIEZAN COMO MAY

maximumly · maximus · maxixe · maxwell · Maxwell equations · May apple · May beetle · May blobs · may blossom · May bug · May Day · May queen · may tree · May Two-Four · maya · Mayakovski · Mayan · maybe · maybird · maybush

PALABRAS DEL INGLÉS QUE TERMINAN COMO MAY

anyway · away · ay · bay · be that as it may · birthday · Blu-ray · Conway · day · display · everyday · Friday · from day to day · gay · gray · hay · highway · holiday · in a way · in no way

Sinónimos y antónimos de may en el diccionario inglés de sinónimos

SINÓNIMOS

PALABRAS DEL INGLÉS RELACIONADAS CON «MAY»

may · zodiac · sign · james · brian · holidays · designs · ralphie · calendar · fifth · month · year · julian · gregorian · calendars · seven · months · with · length · days · autumn · southern · hemisphere · imdb · nobody · knows · what · make · angela · bettis · born · psychological · horror · about · lonely · young · woman · traumatized · difficult · childhood · more · from · merriam · webster · permission · which · children · sprawl · silberman · used · nearly · interchangeably · wincalendar · observances · facts · reference · shows · religious · including · christian · catholic · jewish · define · auxiliary · verb · present · singular · person · archaic · mayest · mayst · plural · past · might · express · possibility · united · states · time · date · american · monthly · print · friendly · memphis · international · festival · salutes · panama · hosts · city · largest · events · like · beale · produces · extensive · education · brianmay · official · site · legendary · guitarist · song · writer · rock · group · queen · solo · soapbox · page · personal · column · sharing · thoughts · visa ·

Traductor en línea con la traducción de may a 25 idiomas

TRADUCTOR

TRADUCCIÓN DE MAY

Conoce la traducción de may a 25 idiomas con nuestro traductor multilingüe.

Las traducciones de may presentadas en esta sección han sido obtenidas mediante traducción automática estadística a partir del idioma inglés.
zh

Traductor inglés - chino

可能做
1.325 millones de hablantes
es

Traductor inglés - español

poder
570 millones de hablantes
en

inglés

may
510 millones de hablantes
hi

Traductor inglés - hindi

हो सकता है
380 millones de hablantes
ar

Traductor inglés - árabe

مِنَ الـمُحْتَمَل
280 millones de hablantes
ru

Traductor inglés - ruso

иметь возможность
278 millones de hablantes
pt

Traductor inglés - portugués

talvez
270 millones de hablantes
bn

Traductor inglés - bengalí

may
260 millones de hablantes
fr

Traductor inglés - francés

pouvoir
220 millones de hablantes
ms

Traductor inglés - malayo

mungkin
190 millones de hablantes
de

Traductor inglés - alemán

können
180 millones de hablantes
ja

Traductor inglés - japonés

かもしれない
130 millones de hablantes
ko

Traductor inglés - coreano

~일지도 모른다
85 millones de hablantes
jv

Traductor inglés - javanés

Bisa
85 millones de hablantes
vi

Traductor inglés - vietnamita

có thể
80 millones de hablantes
ta

Traductor inglés - tamil

மே
75 millones de hablantes
mr

Traductor inglés - maratí

मे
75 millones de hablantes
tr

Traductor inglés - turco

Mayıs ayı
70 millones de hablantes
it

Traductor inglés - italiano

potere
65 millones de hablantes
pl

Traductor inglés - polaco

móc
50 millones de hablantes
uk

Traductor inglés - ucraniano

могти
40 millones de hablantes
ro

Traductor inglés - rumano

a avea voie
30 millones de hablantes
el

Traductor inglés - griego

μπορώ
15 millones de hablantes
af

Traductor inglés - afrikáans

mag
14 millones de hablantes
sv

Traductor inglés - sueco

kanske
10 millones de hablantes
no

Traductor inglés - noruego

muligens
5 millones de hablantes

Tendencias de uso de la palabra may

TENDENCIAS

TENDENCIAS DE USO ACTUALES DEL TÉRMINO «MAY»

Principales tendencias de búsqueda y usos comunes de may
Listado de las príncipales búsquedas realizadas por los usuarios para acceder a nuestro diccionario de inglés en línea y expresiones más usadas con la palabra «may».

Citas, bibliografía en inglés y actualidad sobre may

EJEMPLOS DE USO

10 CITAS EN INGLÉS CON «MAY»

Citas y frases célebres con la palabra may.
1
Dianna Agron
I feel as if I go to Africa, I may never come back. I'm just going to live with the animals and adopt an elephant, and it's going to be my friend.
2
Lloyd Alexander
If writers learn more from their books than do readers, perhaps I may have begun to learn.
3
Nita Ambani
My father-in-law saw me at a dance performance. The next day, I got a phone call, and the caller said, 'I'm Dhirubhai Ambani... may I talk to Nita?' I said, 'It's a wrong number' and put down the phone. Then he called again... and I said, 'If you're Dhirubhai Ambani, then I'm Elizabeth Taylor.'
4
Maxwell Anderson
If you practice an art, be proud of it and make it proud of you It may break your heart, but it will fill your heart before it breaks it; it will make you a person in your own right.
5
Joe Arpaio
If a nation's security is only as strong as its weakest link, then America may be in serious trouble. Hawaii may be our weakest link and could have a serious impact on our nation's immigration policy.
6
Irving Azoff
Since the traditional recorded-music business models have drastically changed, there is truly diminished income derived from recorded music by artists - both current and catalog. The touring industry has become much more important as a majority revenue stream and the ancillary fan experiences and promotions that may be derived from it.
7
Joseph Banks
Who knows but that England may revive in New South Wales when it has sunk in Europe.
8
Jean Baudrillard
Americans may have no identity, but they do have wonderful teeth.
9
Hilaire Belloc
When I am dead, I hope it may be said: His sins were scarlet, but his books were read.
10
Bertolt Brecht
Mixing one's wines may be a mistake, but old and new wisdom mix admirably.

10 LIBROS DEL INGLÉS RELACIONADOS CON «MAY»

Descubre el uso de may en la siguiente selección bibliográfica. Libros relacionados con may y pequeños extractos de los mismos para contextualizar su uso en la literatura.
1
Ina May's Guide to Childbirth
Ina May Gaskin, America's leading midwife, shares her exceptional birthing wisdom in this intuitive guide to childbirth.
Ina May Gaskin, 2010
2
May
In 1899 on an island off the coast of Maine, fifteen-year-old May learns why she has always felt different from the other girls in her small town, but must keep hidden that she is a mermaid or risk attracting the attention of a dangerous ...
Kathryn Lasky, 2011
3
Stability and Complexity in Model Ecosystems
What makes populations stabilize? What makes them fluctuate? Are populations in complex ecosystems more stable than populations in simple ecosystems? In 1973, Robert May addressed these questions in this classic book.
Robert McCredie May, 2001
4
May '68 and Its Afterlives
May '68 and Its Afterlives is especially timely given the rise of a new mass political movement opposing global capitalism, from labor strikes and anti-McDonald's protests in France to the demonstrations against the World Trade Organization ...
Kristin Ross, 2008
5
Gilles Deleuze: An Introduction
This book offers a readable and compelling introduction to the work of one of the twentieth century's most important and elusive thinkers.
Todd May, 2005
6
The Courage to Create
What if our logic and science derive from art forms, rather than the other way around? In this trenchant volume, Rollo May helps all of us find those creative impulses that, once liberated, offer new possibilities for achievement.
Rollo May, 1994
7
Modern Chinese Literature in the May Fourth Era
This is the first study of modern Chinese literature that shows how China's Confucian traditions were combined with Western influences to create a literature of new values and consciousness for the Chinese people.
Merle Goldman, 1977
8
That the World May Know: Bearing Witness to Atrocity
Drawing on firsthand accounts from fieldworkers around the world, the book gives a painfully clear picture of the human cost of confronting inhumanity in our day.
James Dawes, 2007
9
The China Mystique: Pearl S. Buck, Anna May Wong, Mayling ...
"The China Mystique "illustrates how each of these women encountered the possibilities as well as the limitations of transnational status in attempting to shape her own opportunities.
Karen J. Leong, 2005
10
I May Not Get There with You: The True Martin Luther King, Jr
Arguing that Martin Luther King, Jr., should stand beside the Founding Fathers in terms of his significance to American history, the author serves up a compelling portrait of a personally flawed but nevertheless great leader.
Michael Eric Dyson, 2000

10 NOTICIAS EN LAS QUE SE INCLUYE EL TÉRMINO «MAY»

Conoce de qué se habla en los medios de comunicación nacionales e internacionales y cómo se emplea el término may en el contexto de las siguientes noticias.
1
FIFA Scandal May Touch Unsuspecting Property Renters
Of all the revelations packed into the federal indictment in May of FIFA officials and sports marketing executives — including bribery, fraud and ... «New York Times, Jul 15»
2
Father of Pakistan's nuclear bomb says deal may have saved Iran …
May 8, 2011: Pakistani nuclear scientist Abdul Qadeer Khan is photographed after a silent prayer over the grave of his brother Abdul Rauf Khan ... «Fox News, Jul 15»
3
Trump's tough talk turbocharged his bid. Now it may short-circuit it.
BLUFFTON, S.C. — The very brashness that propelled Donald Trump's sudden rise to the top of the polls may now push his political fortunes in ... «Washington Post, Jul 15»
4
Sugary drinks may cause type 2 diabetes regardless of size …
Sugar-sweetened drinks may contribute to the development of type 2 diabetes, even when people are not obese. Photograph: Lewis Whyld/PA. «The Guardian, Jul 15»
5
Too Much TV May Raise The Risk Of Alzheimer's, Study Says
So it may be less about your TV viewing and more about what you're not doing while you are watching TV -- exercising and moving around. «Huffington Post, Jul 15»
6
And the Oscar may go to … 40 key movies in contention for 2016 …
Think you're in peak summer blockbuster season? Think again! Next week the first big programme announcements from the autumn festivals ... «The Guardian, Jul 15»
7
Theater shooter may not be executed even if sentenced to die
DENVER — The time has come for jurors to hear whether James Holmes should be executed for killing 12 people in a Colorado movie theater. «New York Post, Jul 15»
8
Apple May Have Sold at Least 1.9 Million Watches in First Period
Apple Inc., which isn't breaking out sales of its new smartwatch, said revenue in the category containing the device rose by about $950 million ... «Bloomberg, Jul 15»
9
Meet the fighter who believes she may be ready for Rousey
By that point, she'd survived a car accident in which she'd broken her back and was told she may never walk, in addition to the longtime ... «Yahoo Sports, Jul 15»
10
CLIFFORD MAY: Scuttle Obama's Iran deal, or surrender
You may recall that Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif was adamant on this point. Responding to the March letter from 47 Republican ... «Washington Times, Jul 15»
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