sit
sit
sĭtintransitive
sat, săt sit·ting,- to rest sentarse to sit in a chair - sentarse en una silla
- to be at rest estar sentado
- to perch posarse (pájaro)
- to brood empollar
- to lie estar situado a house that sits on a hill - una casa que está situada en una colina
- to pose posar she sat for a portrait - posó para un retrato
- to occupy a seat ocupar un escaño to sit in Congress - ocupar un escaño parlamentario
- to hold a session reunirse, celebrar sesión
- to be inactive quedarse, permanecer
- to weigh pesar
- to fit sentar the jacket sits well on you - la chaqueta le sienta bien
- to please agradar the idea did not sit well with him - la idea no le agradó
- to baby-sit cuidar a niños
to be sitting pretty
- familiar estar en posición ventajosa
to sit at home
- quedarse en casa
to sit back
- sentarse cómodamente
to sit down
- sentarse
to sit in
- to attend asistir
- to participate participar she sat in on the discussion - asistió a la discusión to sit in at a lecture - participar en una conferencia
- to take part in a sit-in tomar parte en una sentada
to sit for an examination
- Gran Bretaña presentarse a un examen
to sit in for
- reemplazar
to sit on o upon
- to deliberate on celebrar una reunión para tratar sobre (asunto, tema)
- to have a seat on ser miembro de (junta, comité)
- familiar to suppress ocultar they sat on the evidence - ocultaron los hechos
- to repress reprimir
- to rebuke reprender
to sit on one's hands
- no hacer nada
to sit still
- no moverse
to sit tight
- familiar to keep the same position no arriesgarse
- to refrain from action no moverse, no hacer nada
to sit up
- to raise the body incorporarse
- to straighten one's back ponerse derecho
- to stay up quedarse levantado, no acostarse
- to become alert prestar atención
transitive
- to seat sentar the woman sat him in the chair - la mujer le sentó en la silla
- to ride montar (un caballo)
to sit oneself
- sentarse
to sit out
- to stay through quedarse hasta el final
- to remain seated during quedarse sentado durante (baile)
- to stay later than quedarse más tiempo que (otros)
to sit through
- quedarse sentado durante
