sit

Significado (Inglés)

Verb

1. To be in a position in which the upper body is upright and supported by the buttocks.
2. To move oneself into such a position.
3. To occupy a given position.
4. To remain in a state of repose; to rest; to abide; to rest in any position or condition.
5. To be a member of a deliberative body.
6. Of a legislative or, especially, a judicial body such as a court, to be in session.
7. To lie, rest, or bear; to press or weigh.
8. To be adjusted; to fit.
9. To be accepted or acceptable; to work.
10. To cause to be seated or in a sitting posture; to furnish a seat to.
11. To accommodate in seats; to seat.
12. To babysit.
13. To take, to undergo or complete (an examination or test).
14. To cover and warm eggs for hatching, as a fowl; to brood; to incubate.
15. To take a position for the purpose of having some artistic representation of oneself made, such as a picture or a bust.
16. To have position, as at the point blown from; to hold a relative position; to have direction.
17. (obsolete) To keep one's seat when faced with (a blow, attack); to endure, to put up with.

Noun

1. An act of sitting.
2. Subsidence of the roof of a coal mine.
3. An event, usually lasting one full day or more, where the primary goal is to sit in meditation.

Noun

Short for situation.

Conceptos

sentarse

sentar

estar sentado

sentado

estar

hallarse

permanecer

asentarse

posarse

existir

haber

habitar

quedar

quedarse

residir

tomar asiento

vivir

montar

pertenecer

incubar

empollar

encobar

actuar

asentar

caer

acluclillarse

acuclillarse

ponerse en cuclillas

sentarse abajo

calmar

cesar

descansar

dormir

exalar

holgar

recobrar

reposar

establecerse

instalarse

morar

radicar

agazaparse

posar

hacer de canguro

encajar

ser

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/sɪt/

Etimología (Inglés)

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *sed-
Proto-Indo-European *-yeti
Proto-Indo-European *sédyeti
Proto-Germanic *sitjaną
Proto-West Germanic *sittjan
Old English sittan
Middle English sitten
English sit
From Middle English sitten, from Old English sittan, from Proto-West Germanic *sittjan, from Proto-Germanic *sitjaną, from Proto-Indo-European *sed- (“sit”).
Cognates
Cognate with West Frisian sitte, Low German sitten, Dutch zitten, German sitzen, Swedish sitta, Norwegian Bokmål sitte, Norwegian Nynorsk sitja; and with Irish suigh, Latin sedeo, Russian сиде́ть (sidétʹ).