sta

See also Appendix:Variations of "sta"

English

Noun

sta (plural stas)

1. Abbreviation of station.

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Dutch

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -aː

Verb

sta

1. first-person singular present indicative of staan
2. singular present subjunctive of staan
3. imperative of staan

Anagrams

• tas

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Italian

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -a

Verb

sta

1. third-person singular present indicative of stare
2. second-person singular imperative of stare

Pronoun

sta (demonstrative)

1. dialectal form of questa; this

See also

• sta'
• stai
• stanno
• state
• ste
• sti
• stiamo
• sto

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Latin

Verb

stā

1. second-person singular present active imperative of stō
   1. "stand thou"
   2. "stay thou, remain thou"

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Lojban

Rafsi

sta

1. rafsi of stali.

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Romanian

Etymology

From Latin stāre, present active infinitive of stō, from Proto-Indo-European *steh₂-.

Verb

a sta (third-person singular present stă, past participle stat) 1st conj.

1. to stay

   Stai acolo.

   Stay there.

2. to stand
3. to sit

   Vreau să stau jos.

   I want to sit down.

4. to remain
5. to live (somewhere), inhabit, reside

   Ea stă în București.

   She lives/stays in Bucharest.

Conjugation

    sta (First conjugation)

infinitive			a sta
gerund			stând
past participle			stat
number		singular			plural
person		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		eu	tu	el/ea	noi	voi	ei/ele
	present	stau	stai	stă	stăm	stați	stau
	imperfect	stăteam	stăteai	stătea	stăteam	stăteați	stăteau
	simple perfect	stătui	stătuși	stătu	stăturăm	stăturăți	stătură
	pluperfect	stătusem	stătuseși	stătuse	stătuserăm	stătuserăți	stătuseră
subjunctive		eu	tu	el/ea	noi	voi	ei/ele
	present	să stau	să stai	să stea	să stăm	să stați	să stea
imperative		—	tu	—	—	voi	—
	affirmative		stai			stați
	negative		nu sta			nu stați

Synonyms

• (3) ședea
• (4) rămâne
• (5) trăi, [[locui}}

Related terms

• stat

Derived terms

• stare
• stătut

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Sicilian

Pronunciation

• IPA: [ʃta]

Adjective

sta f (m. stu, plural sti)

1. Contraction of chista; this
   • 1874, Lionardo Vigo, Raccolta amplissima di canti popolari siciliani, page 443:

     [...] / E tu, curreri, ca vai d'ogni parti, / Te' cca sta littra, a la mè 'manti porti, / Cci dici ca non pozzu stari sparti, / La spartenza è cchiù brutta di la morti.

     [...] / And you, courier, who goes to and fro, / Take this letter, to my lover bring it, / Tell her that I can [no longer] remain separated, / Separation is worse than death.

See also

• chista

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Slovene

Verb

sta

1. second-person dual present tense form of biti.
2. third-person dual present tense form of biti.

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Tok Pisin

Etymology

English star.

Noun

sta

1. star (celestial body)
   • 1989, Buk Baibel long Tok Pisin, Bible Society of Papua New Guinea, Genesis 1:15 (translation here):

     God i mekim kamap tupela bikpela lait. Bikpela em san bilong givim lait long de, na liklik em mun bilong givim lait long nait. Na God i mekim kamap ol sta tu.

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