stay the night

verb

To spend a night at someone else's home.

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

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Meanings

verbstay the night (third-person singular simple present stays the night, present participle staying the night, simple past and past participle stayed the night)

present singular third person stays the night · participle present staying the night · participle past stayed the night · past stayed the night

  1. To spend a night at someone else's home.

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

Translations

Bulgarian пренощувам
  • пренощувам (prenoštuvam)stay overnight
Danish overnatte
  • overnattestay overnight
Dutch overnachten
  • overnachtenstay overnight
Finnish yöpyä
  • yöpyästay overnight
German übernachten
  • übernachtenstay overnight
Hebrew לָן
  • לָן (lán)stay overnight
Hungarian éjszakázik
  • éjszakázikstay overnight
Italian pernottare
  • pernottarestay overnight
Latin pernoctō
  • pernoctōstay overnight
Polish nocować, przenocować
  • nocowaćstay overnight
  • przenocowaćstay overnight
  • zanocowaćstay overnight
  • zostawać na nocstay overnight
  • zostać na nocstay overnight
Portuguese pernoitar
  • pernoitarstay overnight
Romanian înnopta
  • înnoptastay overnight
Russian ночева́ть, переночева́ть
  • ночева́ть (nočevátʹ)stay overnight
  • переночева́ть (perenočevátʹ)stay overnight
  • заночева́ть (zanočevátʹ)stay overnight
Spanish pernoctar, pasar la noche
  • pernoctarstay overnight
  • pasar la nochestay overnight
  • quedarse por / durante la nochestay overnight
Ukrainian ночува́ти, переночува́ти
  • ночува́ти (nočuváty)stay overnight
  • переночува́ти (perenočuváty)stay overnight
  • заночува́ти (zanočuváty)stay overnight
Vietnamese ở qua đêm
  • ở qua đêmstay overnight
Cite this entry
APA

stay the night. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stay%20the%20night

MLA

“stay the night.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stay%20the%20night. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “stay the night,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stay%20the%20night.

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