Siento, ciento y siento

Question

Mientras me siento a esperar a que me llamen, me pregunto si el médico me hará un diagnóstico cien por ciento correcto. Alguien tiene que decirme la causa de este dolor que a veces siento en el pie.

I love homonyms, especially in Latin America, where the soft C, Z and S are pronounced the same way. Do you know the meaning of the three highlighted words? Please share your thoughts.

Answer 1

Mientras me siento a esperar a que me llamen, me pregunto si el médico me hará un diagnóstico cien por ciento correcto. Alguien tiene que decirme la causa de este dolor que a veces siento en el pie.

While I sit waiting to be called, I ask myself if the doctor will provide me with the correct (100%) diagnosis. Someone has to tell me the cause of the pain I sometimes feel in my foot.

Doesn't siento refer to the act of sitting, which usually takes less than a second? - lorenzo9, Jan 30, 2011

me siento - sentarse (to sit down) or sentirse (to feel). In this case, me siento is being used to mean I sit down - gone, Jan 30, 2011

The translation above uses estoy sentado rather than me siento. - lorenzo9, Jan 30, 2011

I think you mean "the act of sitting down", lorenzo9. (English would add the 'down' to express motion, don't you agree?) - Janice, Jan 30, 2011

Answer 2

Also:

me siento = I sit

..not really "also"...If you look again, usarenzo used "me siento" right in the first sentence: "Mientras me siento...." - Janice, Jan 30, 2011

Answer 3

me siento= I feel

por ciento= percent

I don't think "me siento" is "I feel" in this case, flyboy700. The use of siento in the last sentence (which is transitive, because the speaker feels pain) is the one for "feel". The "me siento" is from sentArse ...to sit down. - Janice, Jan 30, 2011