sentar

• asentar

From Vulgar Latin *sedentō, from Latin sedens, present participle of sedeō.

• IPA^(key): /senˈtaɾ/ [sẽn̪ˈt̪aɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Hyphenation: sen‧tar

sentar (first-person singular indicative present siento, past participle sentáu)

1. to sit, sit down, to seat
2. (reflexive) to sit down
3. to settle, fix
4. to stabilize (the weather)

   Paez que yá sentó y nun va llover más

   It seems like (the weather) stabilized and it's not going to rain again

5. to sit well, agree (food too)

   El quesu nun me sentó, non

   The cheese did not sit well with me, no

   Nun-y sentó lo que-y dixo

   What he/she said did not sit well with him/her

6. to sing up, enroll, register (on a registry, census)

   Foi a asentar al neñu

   He/She went to register the kid

7. (intransitive) to suit, fit

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese sentar, from Vulgar Latin *sedentare, from Latin sedeō + *-entare.

sentar (first-person singular present sento, first-person singular preterite sentei, past participle sentado)

1. (transitive) to seat (to provide with a place to sit)
2. (transitive) to seat; to set down

   Synonym: asentar

3. (intransitive or reflexive) to sit down (to assume a sitting position)
4. (intransitive) to sit (to be accepted or acceptable)

• asento

From Esperanto senti, French and Spanish sentir, Italian sentire.

sentar (present tense sentas, past tense sentis, future tense sentos, imperative sentez, conditional sentus)

1. to feel

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *sedentare, from Latin sedeō + *-entare.

sentar

1. (reflexive) to sit down (to assume a sitting position from a standing position)

• Fala: sental
• Galician: sentar
• Portuguese: sentar
  • Macanese: sentâ

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “sentar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “sentar”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese sentar, from Vulgar Latin *sedentare, from Latin sedeō + *-entare.

• Hyphenation: sen‧tar

sentar (first-person singular present sento, first-person singular preterite sentei, past participle sentado)

1. (transitive) to seat
2. (ambitransitive, reflexive) to sit
3. (transitive, figurative) to place (to put (an object or person) in a specific location)

   Synonyms: pôr, colocar

4. (transitive, reflexive) to settle (to become established in a steady position)
5. (transitive, Brazil, informal) to land a blow; to hit; to deliver

   Synonyms: desferir, dar

6. (ambitransitive, Brazil, vulgar) to ride (to mount someone to have sex with them) [with em ‘on something’; or with para ‘on someone’]

   Synonyms: cavalgar, quicar

   • 2009, MC PQ, “Na Minha Casa Tu Senta na Pika” (0:04 from the start), Rio de Janeiro:

     Oi, na minha casa tu senta na pica / E tu dá uma rebolada

     Oi, at my home you ride my dick and wiggle.

• Macanese: sentâ

• “sentar”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
• “sentar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025
• “sentar”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
• “sentar”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2025
• “sentar”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025

• entras, rentas, tenras, ternas, transe

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *sedentāre, from Latin sedēns, present participle of sedeō.

• IPA^(key): /senˈtaɾ/ [sẽn̪ˈt̪aɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: sen‧tar

sentar (first-person singular present siento, first-person singular preterite senté, past participle sentado)

1. (transitive) to seat
2. (transitive) to set, to establish, to lay

   Synonym: establecer

   Sin duda, esto va a sentar un precedente para eventos futuros.

   Undoubtedly, this is going to set a precedent for future events.

3. (pronominal) to sit down

   ¿Puedo sentarme? ― May I sit down?

   ¡Siéntate! ― Sit down!

   Siéntese en el piso.

   Sit on the floor.

   Él se sienta en el sillón.

   He sits down on the armchair.

   Siéntate en la esquina hasta que te digan a levantarte

   Sit in the corner until you are told to get up.

4. (pronominal) to settle down

   Synonym: asentar

5. (transitive) to assert
6. (intransitive, figurative) to suit, to fit
7. (intransitive, figurative) to sit well
8. to report
9. (reflexive) (colloquial) to leave a mark on (the skin)

• sentir

• “sentar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024

From Vulgar Latin *sedentō, from Latin sedens, present participle of sedeō.

sentar

1. (transitive) to seat

* Venetan conjugation varies from one region to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.

• sentarse