asiento

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seat

∗ noun

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asiento

masculine noun

1. seat (silla, butaca)

tomar asiento -> to sit down
asiento abatible -> = seat that tips forward or folds flat
asiento delantero -> front seat (en coche)
asiento de pasillo -> aisle seat (en avión)
asiento reclinable -> reclining seat
asiento trasero -> back seat
asiento de ventana -> window seat (en avión)

2. bottom (base)

3. entry (commerce)

asiento contable -> book entry

asiento [ah-se-en’-to]

noun

1. Chair. (m)

Asiento trasero -> rear seat

2. Seat in a tribunal or court of justice. (m)

3. Spot on which a town or building is or was standing; site. (m)

4. Solidity of a building resulting from the reciprocal pressure of the materials upon each other: settling. (m)

5. Bottom of a vessel. (m)

6. Sediment of liquors. (m)

7. Treaty. (m)

8. Contract for supplying an army, town, etc., with provisions, etc. 9. (m)

9. Judgment, prudence, discretion. (m)

10. District of the mines in South America. (m)

11. List, roll. (m)

12. Sort of pearls, flat on one side and round on the other. (m)

13. Surfeit, fit of indigestion. (m)

14. The state and order which things ought to take. (m)

Hombre de asiento -> a prudent man
Asientos de popa -> (Naut.) stern seats in the cabin
Asiento de molino, bed or lowest stone in a mill. Da -> or tomar asiento en las cosas, to let things take a regular course

Entry, the act of registering or setting down in writing. (Yo asiento, yo asienta, from Asentir. V. ASENTIR). (Yo asiento, yo asiente, from Asentar. V. ACERTAR).

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