traducir al inglés "estar con amigos"
Buenos días,

aunque parezca una pregunta muy básica, hoy he tenido esta duda.

como se traduce "intento estar mucho tiempo con mis amigos" al inglés?

Creo que la respuesta sería;

"I try to stay a lot of time with my friends" o "I try to be a lot of time with my friends"

Cuál de las dos expresiones sería la correcta? O conocéis alguna mejor?

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traducir al inglés "estar con amigos"
Buenos días,

aunque parezca una pregunta muy básica, hoy he tenido esta duda.

como se traduce "intento estar mucho tiempo con mis amigos" al inglés?

Creo que la respuesta sería;

"I try to stay a lot of time with my friends" o "I try to be a lot of time with my friends"

Cuál de las dos expresiones sería la correcta? O conocéis alguna mejor?

Answer

I try to spend a lot of time with my friends.

"spend time" is what is used most often.
If you say "stay with friends" it means that they allow you to stay in their home (usually temporarily).

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I agree with Tumpliner.   For the end of the sentence, I would say "... as much as I can," which would give you the option of leaving out the word "try." If you want to be very informal, you could use "hang out with" saying "I try to hang out with my friends...."

Note that in general, "stay" and "estar" do not have the same meaning (even though they come from the same Indo-European root). English "stay" is usually equivalent to Spanish quedarse.

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