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sentar

/senˈtaɾ/, [sẽn̪ˈt̪aɾ]

sit

Gerund: sentando

Past Participles

  Masculine Feminine
Singular sentado sentada
Plural sentados sentadas

Indicative

  Present Imperfect Preterite Future Conditional
yo siento sentaba senté sentaré sentaría
tú sientas sentabas sentaste sentarás sentarías
él/ella/Ud. sienta sentaba sentó sentará sentaría
nosotros sentamos sentábamos sentamos sentaremos sentaríamos
vosotros sentáis sentabais sentasteis sentaréis sentaríais
ellos/ellas/Uds. sientan sentaban sentaron sentarán sentarían
vos sentás sentabas sentaste sentarás sentarías

Subjunctive

  Present Imperfect (ra) Imperfect (se) Future
yo siente sentara sentase sentare
tú sientes sentaras sentases sentares
él/ella/Ud. siente sentara sentase sentare
nosotros sentemos sentáramos sentásemos sentáremos
vosotros sentéis sentarais sentaseis sentareis
ellos/ellas/Uds. sienten sentaran sentasen sentaren
vos sentés sentaras sentases sentares

Imperative

  Affirmative Negative
yo    
tú sienta no sientes
Ud. siente no siente
nosotros sentemos no sentemos
vosotros sentad no sentéis
Uds. sienten no sienten
vos sentá no sientes

Source: Wiktionary available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License

Examples

  • ¿Me puedo sentar a tu lado?

    May I sit next to you?

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  • Pero de repente se mareó y se volvió a sentar en su vieja silla.

    But he suddenly felt dizzy and he sat down again in his old chair.

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  • Tom y Mary se estaban por sentar a cenar cuando John golpeó la puerta.

    Tom and Mary were about to sit down for dinner when John knocked on the door.

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  • Tom se va a sentar aquí.

    Tom is going to sit here.

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  • ¿Te querés sentar cerca de la ventana?

    Do you want to sit next to the window?

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  • Dile a Tom que se vaya a sentar.

    Tell Tom to take a seat.

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  • Tom se volvió a sentar.

    Tom sat down again.

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  • Tom siempre se quiere sentar en la primera fila.

    Tom always wants to sit in the front row.

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  • Me voy a sentar en aquella banca, al lado de la farola.

    I'm going to sit on the bench over there next to the street lamp.

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  • ¿Me puedo sentar cerca de ustedes?

    May I sit next to you?

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