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seat [siːt]
sustantivo
1. asiento (m) (chair, on bus, train, plane); butaca (f) (in theater, cinema); localidad (f) asiento (m) (in stadium); escaño (m) (in Parliament)
- to take a seat -> tomar asiento, sentarse
- seat belt -> cinturón (m) de seguridad
2. asiento (m) (part) (of chair, toilet); parte (f) del trasero (of trousers)
3. sede (f) (center) (of government)
- a seat of learning -> un centro de enseñanza
- country seat -> casa (f) de campo (of aristocrat)
verbo transitivo
4. sentar (cause to sit)
- to remain seated -> permanecer sentado(a)
- please be seated (Formal) -> por favor, tome asiento
5. (accommodate)
- the bus seats thirty -> el autobús tiene capacidad or cabida para treinta pasajeros sentados
- this table seats twelve -> en esta mesa caben doce personas
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seat [sit]
sustantivo
1. Asiento, cualquier cosa que sirve para sentarse, silla, banco (bottom).
2. Asiento, fondo, parte de la silla en que uno se coloca.
3. Fondillos de los calzones; nalga.
4. Sitio, posición, paraje o lugar en que se halla situada alguna cosa.
5. Residencia, morada, domicilio.
- Country-seat -> sitio, casa de campo
6. Privilegio, derecho o manera de sentarse.
1. Sentar, asentar, colocar en asientos.
2. Tener asientos para (persons).
3. Colocar o acomodar a alguno en un empleo elevado.
4. Asentar, poner alguna cosa de manera que esté firme.
5. Poner un asiento a una silla; echar fondillos (trousers).
- The hall will seat eight hundred -> la sala tiene asientos para ochocientas personas
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"seat" en el foro de Respuestas
| P: | "took a back seat" |
| R: | Heidita, You rock!... That's exactly what I've been trying to squeeze out of mi pequeño cerebro for the past hour! Creo que este foro me va ayudar a… |
| P: | "take a back seat" |
| R: | ...el humor en Estebanillo Gonzalez queda relegado a segundo plano... |
| P: | Polite way to say have a seat... |
| R: | I don't think **siénte(n)se, por favor**, though a command, is thought to be overly harsh. I suppose it depends on the speaker's tone of voice, but I… |
| P: | How do I tell a client to have a seat in Spanish? |
| R: | "Tome asiento, por favor" is a formal way to tell it. |
| P: | I want to say in Spanish "May we seat ouselves?" Do I use the verb sentar, sentarse… |
| R: | I guess "**¿Podemos sentarnos?**" is ok - *poder* means can, and *sentarse* - to seat oneself, which is then used in the infinitive form. |
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