English[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
have a seat (third-person singular simple present has a seat, present participle having a seat, simple past and past participle had a seat)
- To sit down; to take a seat.
- (idiomatic) A polite directive to sit down
- Thanks for coming in. Please, have a seat.
Usage notes[edit]
- As directive, more polite than "Take a seat", much more than "Sit" or "Sit down".
Related terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
to sit down
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 坐下 (zh) (zuòxià)
- Danish: sid ned, tag plads
- Dutch: ga zitten
- Finnish: istuutua (fi)
- French: prendre place (fr), s’asseoir (fr)
- German: Platz nehmen, sich setzen
- Hungarian: helyet foglal
- Japanese: 着席する (ja) (ちゃくせきする, chakuseki-suru), 座る (ja) (すわる, suwaru), 腰掛ける (ja) (こしかける, koshikakeru)
- Ojibwe: namadabi
- Persian: نشستن (fa) (nešastan)
- Portuguese: sentar (pt), sentar-se
- Russian: сади́ться (ru) impf (sadítʹsja), сесть (ru) pf (sestʹ), присе́сть (ru) pf (priséstʹ)
- Swedish: slå sig ned
- Turkish: oturmak (tr)
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polite directive
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 請坐／请坐 (qǐng zuò)
- Czech: posaďte se
- Finnish: istuutukaa (fi)
- French: asseyez-vous (je vous en prie or s'il vous plaît)
- Galician: senta
- German: nehmen Sie Platz, nimm Platz
- Hungarian: (formal, singular) foglaljon helyet, (formal, plural) foglaljanak helyet, (informal, singular) foglalj helyet, (informal, plural) foglaljatok helyet
- Indonesian: silahkan duduk
- Japanese: 座ってください (すわってください, suwatte kudasai)
- Ojibwe: namadabin
- Persian: بفرمایید بنشینید, بفرمایید (fa)
- Portuguese: sente-se
- Russian: сади́тесь, пожа́луйста (sadítesʹ, požálujsta), приса́живайтесь (prisáživajtesʹ)
- Spanish: siéntate (es), siéntese (es), (formal) tome asiento
- Swedish: slå dig ned
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