sentar

Asturian

Alternative forms

• asentar

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *sedentō, from Latin sedens, present participle of sedeō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /senˈtaɾ/ [sẽn̪ˈt̪aɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: sen‧tar

Verb

sentar (first-person singular indicative present siento, past participle sentáu)

1. to sit, sit down, to seat
2. (reflexive) to sit down
3. to settle, fix
4. to stabilize (the weather)

   Paez que yá sentó y nun va llover más

   It seems like (the weather) stabilized and it's not going to rain again

5. to sit well, agree (food too)

   El quesu nun me sentó, non

   The cheese did not sit well with me, no

   Nun-y sentó lo que-y dixo

   What he/she said did not sit well with him/her

6. to sing up, enroll, register (on a registry, census)

   Foi a asentar al neñu

   He/She went to register the kid

7. (intransitive) to suit, fit

Conjugation

Conjugation of sentar

infinitive		sentar
gerund		sentando
past participle		m sentáu, f sentada, n sentao, m pl sentaos, f pl sentaes
person		first singular yo	second singular tu	third singular él/elli	first plural nosotros/nós	second plural vosotros/vós	third plural ellos
indicative	present	siento	sientes	sienta	sentamos	sentáis	sienten
	imperfect	sentaba	sentabes	sentaba	sentábemos, sentábamos	sentabeis, sentabais	sentaben
	preterite	senté	sentasti, sentesti	sentó	sentemos	sentastis, sentestis	sentaron
	pluperfect	sentare, sentara	sentares, sentaras	sentare, sentara	sentáremos, sentáramos	sentareis, sentarais	sentaren, sentaran
	future	sentaré	sentarás	sentará	sentaremos	sentaréis	sentarán
	conditional	sentaría	sentaríes	sentaría	sentaríemos, sentaríamos	sentaríeis, sentaríais	sentaríen
subjunctive	present	siente	sientes, sientas	siente	sentemos	sentéis	sienten, sientan
	imperfect	sentare, sentara	sentares, sentaras	sentare, sentara	sentáremos, sentáramos	sentareis, sentarais	sentaren, sentaran
imperative		—	sienta	—	—	sentái	—

Further reading

• Xosé Lluis García Arias (2002–2004), “sentar”, in Diccionario general de la lengua asturiana [General Dictionary of the Asturian Language] (in Spanish), Editorial Prensa Asturiana, →ISBN
• “sentar”, in Diccionariu de la llingua asturiana [Dictionary of the Asturian Language] (in Asturian), 1ª edición, Academia de la Llingua Asturiana, 2000, →ISBN

Galician

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese sentar, from Vulgar Latin *sedentare, from sedeō + *-entare.

Verb

sentar (first-person singular present sento, first-person singular preterite sentei, past participle sentado)

1. (transitive) to seat (to provide with a place to sit)
2. (transitive) to seat; to set down

   Synonym: asentar

3. (intransitive or reflexive) to sit down (to assume a sitting position)
4. (intransitive) to sit (to be accepted or acceptable)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of sentar

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (ti)	Third-person (el / ela / Vde.)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / Vdes.)
Infinitive
Impersonal	sentar
Personal	sentar	sentares	sentar	sentarmos	sentardes	sentaren
Gerund
	sentando
Past participle
Masculine	sentado			sentados
Feminine	sentada			sentadas
Indicative
Present	sento	sentas	senta	sentamos	sentades	sentan
Imperfect	sentaba	sentabas	sentaba	sentabamos	sentabades	sentaban
Preterite	sentei	sentaches	sentou	sentamos	sentastes	sentaron
Pluperfect	sentara	sentaras	sentara	sentaramos	sentarades	sentaran
Future	sentarei	sentarás	sentará	sentaremos	sentaredes	sentarán
Conditional	sentaría	sentarías	sentaría	sentariamos	sentariades	sentarían
Subjunctive
Present	sente	sentes	sente	sentemos	sentedes	senten
Imperfect	sentase	sentases	sentase	sentásemos	sentásedes	sentasen
Future	sentar	sentares	sentar	sentarmos	sentardes	sentaren
Imperative
Affirmative		senta	sente	sentemos	sentade	senten
Negative (non)		non sentes	non sente	non sentemos	non sentedes	non senten

    Reintegrated conjugation of sentar (See Appendix:Reintegrationism)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (ti / tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	sentar
Personal	sentar	sentares	sentar	sentarmos	sentardes	sentarem
Gerund
	sentando
Past participle
Masculine	sentado			sentados
Feminine	sentada			sentadas
Indicative
Present	sento	sentas	senta	sentamos	sentades, sentais	sentam
Imperfect	sentava	sentavas	sentava	sentávamos	sentávades, sentáveis, sentávais1	sentavam
Preterite	sentei	sentaste, sentache1	sentou	sentamos	sentastes	sentárom, sentaram
Pluperfect	sentara	sentaras	sentara	sentáramos	sentárades, sentáreis, sentárais1	sentaram
Future	sentarei	sentarás	sentará	sentaremos	sentaredes, sentareis	sentarám, sentarão
Conditional	sentaria	sentarias	sentaria	sentaríamos	sentaríades, sentaríeis, sentaríais1	sentariam
Subjunctive
Present	sente	sentes	sente	sentemos	sentedes, senteis	sentem
Imperfect	sentasse	sentasses	sentasse	sentássemos	sentássedes, sentásseis	sentassem
Future	sentar	sentares	sentar	sentarmos	sentardes	sentarem
Imperative
Affirmative		senta	sente	sentemos	sentade, sentai	sentem
Negative (nom)		nom sentes	nom sente	nom sentemos	nom sentedes, nom senteis	nom sentem

¹Less recommended.

Related terms

• asento

Ido

Etymology

From Esperanto senti, French and Spanish sentir, Italian sentire.

Verb

sentar (present tense sentas, past tense sentis, future tense sentos, imperative sentez, conditional sentus)

1. to feel

Conjugation

Conjugation of sentar

		present		past		future
infinitive		sentar		sentir		sentor
tense		sentas		sentis		sentos
conditional		sentus		—		—
imperative		sentez		—		—
adjective active participle		sentanta		sentinta		sentonta
adverbial active participle		sentante		sentinte		sentonte
nominal active participle	singular	sentanto		sentinto		sentonto
	plural	sentanti		sentinti		sentonti
adjective passive participle		sentata		sentita		sentota
adverbial passive participle		sentate		sentite		sentote
nominal passive participle	singular	sentato		sentito		sentoto
	plural	sentati		sentiti		sentoti

Old Galician-Portuguese

Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *sedentare, from sedeō + *-entare.

Verb

sentar

1. (reflexive) to sit down (to assume a sitting position from a standing position)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of sentar

infinitive				sentar
gerund		simple		sentando
		compound		gerund of haver or tẽer1 + past participle
past participle				singular		plural
		masculine		sentado		sentados
		feminine		sentada		sentadas
present participle				sentante		sentantes
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative mood		eu ei	tu	el~ele ela	nos nos outros nos outras	vos vos outros vos outras	eles elas
simple tenses	present	sento	sentas	senta	sentamos	sentades, sentaes, sentais, sentaas, sentás	sentan
	imperfect	sentava	sentavas	sentava	sentavamos, sentávamos	sentavades, sentávades, sentávaes, sentávais, sentávees, sentáveis	sentavan
	preterite	sentei	sentaste, sentasche, sentache	sentou	sentamos	sentastes	sentaron
	pluperfect	sentara	sentaras	sentara	sentaramos, sentáramos	sentarades, sentárades, sentáraes, sentárais, sentárees, sentáreis	sentaran
	future	sentarei	sentarás	sentará	sentaremos	sentaredes, sentarees, sentareis, sentarês	sentarán
	conditional	sentaria	sentarias	sentaria	sentariamos, sentaríamos	sentariades, sentaríades, sentaríaes, sentaríais, sentaríees, sentaríeis	sentarian
compound tenses	present perfect	present of haver or tẽer1 + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect of haver or tẽer1 + past participle
	past anterior	preterite of haver or tẽer1 + past participle
	pluperfect anterior	simple pluperfect of haver or tẽer1 + past participle
	future perfect	future of haver or tẽer1 + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional of haver or tẽer1 + past participle
subjunctive mood		eu ei	tu	el~ele ela	nos nos outros nos outras	vos vos outros vos outras	eles elas
simple tenses	present	sente	sentes	sente	sentemos	sentedes, sentees, senteis, sentês	senten
	imperfect	sentasse	sentasses	sentasse	sentassemos, sentássemos	sentassedes, sentássedes, sentássees, sentásseis	sentassen
	future	sentar	sentares	sentar	sentarmos	sentardes	sentaren
compound tenses	present perfect	present subjunctive of haver or tẽer1 + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of haver or tẽer1 + past participle
	future perfect	future subjunctive of haver or tẽer1 + past participle
imperative mood		—	tu	—	nos nos outros nos outras	vos vos outros vos outras	—
affirmative		—	senta	—	sentemos	sentade, sentae, sentai	—
negative		—	non sentes	—	non sentemos	non sentedes, non sentees, non senteis, non sentês	—
personal infinitive		eu ei	tu	el~ele ela	nos nos outros nos outras	vos vos outros vos outras	eles elas
		sentar	sentares	sentar	sentarmos	sentardes	sentaren
1 teer and “ter were also used, although all three were less common than haver.

Descendants

• Fala: sental
• Galician: sentar
• Portuguese: sentar
  • Macanese: sentâ

References

• Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “sentar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “sentar”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega

Portuguese

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese sentar, from Vulgar Latin *sedentare, from sedeō + *-entare.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /sẽˈta(ʁ)/ [sẽˈta(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /sẽˈta(ʁ)/ [sẽˈta(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /sẽˈta(ɾ)/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /sẽˈta(ʁ)/ [sẽˈta(χ)]
  • (Caipira) IPA^(key): /sẽˈta(ɻ)/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /sẽˈtaɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /sẽˈtaɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /sẽˈta.ɾi/

• Audio (Portugal (Porto)):

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• Hyphenation: sen‧tar

Verb

sentar (first-person singular present sento, first-person singular preterite sentei, past participle sentado)

1. (transitive) to seat
2. (ambitransitive, reflexive) to sit
3. (transitive, figurative) to place (to put (an object or person) in a specific location)

   Synonyms: pôr, colocar

4. (transitive, reflexive) to settle (to become established in a steady position)
5. (transitive, Brazil, informal) to land a blow; to hit; to deliver

   Synonyms: desferir, dar

6. (ambitransitive, Brazil, vulgar) to ride (to mount someone to have sex with them) [with em ‘on something’; or with para ‘on someone’]

   Synonyms: cavalgar, quicar

   • 2009, MC PQ, “Na Minha Casa Tu Senta na Pika” (0:04 from the start), Rio de Janeiro:

     Oi, na minha casa tu senta na pica / E tu dá uma rebolada

     Oi, at my home you ride my dick and wiggle.

Conjugation

    Conjugation of sentar (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	sentar
Personal	sentar	sentares	sentar	sentarmos	sentardes	sentarem
Gerund
	sentando
Past participle
Masculine	sentado			sentados
Feminine	sentada			sentadas
Indicative
Present	sento	sentas	senta	sentamos	sentais	sentam
Imperfect	sentava	sentavas	sentava	sentávamos	sentáveis	sentavam
Preterite	sentei	sentaste	sentou	sentamos1, sentámos2	sentastes	sentaram
Pluperfect	sentara	sentaras	sentara	sentáramos	sentáreis	sentaram
Future	sentarei	sentarás	sentará	sentaremos	sentareis	sentarão
Conditional	sentaria	sentarias	sentaria	sentaríamos	sentaríeis	sentariam
Subjunctive
Present	sente	sentes	sente	sentemos	senteis	sentem
Imperfect	sentasse	sentasses	sentasse	sentássemos	sentásseis	sentassem
Future	sentar	sentares	sentar	sentarmos	sentardes	sentarem
Imperative
Affirmative		senta	sente	sentemos	sentai	sentem
Negative (não)		não sentes	não sente	não sentemos	não senteis	não sentem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Derived terms

• sentada
• sentar a porrada
• sentar o dedo

Related terms

• assentar
• sedentário

Descendants

• Macanese: sentâ

Further reading

• “sentar”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “sentar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
• “sentar”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026
• “sentar”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2026
• “sentar”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2026, →ISBN

Anagrams

• entras, rentas, tenras, ternas, transe

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *sed-

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁ti

Proto-Indo-European *-yeti

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁yeti

Proto-Indo-European *sedéh₁yeti

Proto-Italic *sedēō

Latin sedeō

Proto-Indo-European *-onts

Latin -ns

Latin -ēns

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti

Proto-Italic *-āō

Latin -āre

Latin *-entare

Latin *sedentāre

Spanish sentar

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *sedentāre, from Latin sedēns, present participle of sedeō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /senˈtaɾ/ [sẽn̪ˈt̪aɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: sen‧tar

Verb

sentar (first-person singular present siento, first-person singular preterite senté, past participle sentado)

1. (transitive) to seat
2. (transitive) to set, to establish, to lay

   Synonym: establecer

   Sin duda, esto va a sentar un precedente para eventos futuros.

   Undoubtedly, this is going to set a precedent for future events.

3. (pronominal) to sit down

   ¿Puedo sentarme? ― May I sit down?

   ¡Siéntate! ― Sit down!

   Siéntese en el piso.

   Sit on the floor.

   Él se sienta en el sillón.

   He sits down on the armchair.

   Siéntate en la esquina hasta que te digan a levantarte

   Sit in the corner until you are told to get up.

4. (pronominal) to settle down

   Synonym: asentar

5. (transitive) to assert
6. (intransitive, figurative) to suit, to fit
7. (intransitive, figurative) to sit well
8. to report
9. (reflexive, colloquial) to leave a mark on (the skin)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of sentar (e-ie alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			sentar
gerund			sentando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		sentado		sentada
		plural		sentados		sentadas
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	siento	sientastú sentásvos	sienta	sentamos	sentáis	sientan
	imperfect	sentaba	sentabas	sentaba	sentábamos	sentabais	sentaban
	preterite	senté	sentaste	sentó	sentamos	sentasteis	sentaron
	future	sentaré	sentarás	sentará	sentaremos	sentaréis	sentarán
	conditional	sentaría	sentarías	sentaría	sentaríamos	sentaríais	sentarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	siente	sientestú sentésvos2	siente	sentemos	sentéis	sienten
	imperfect (ra)	sentara	sentaras	sentara	sentáramos	sentarais	sentaran
	imperfect (se)	sentase	sentases	sentase	sentásemos	sentaseis	sentasen
	future1	sentare	sentares	sentare	sentáremos	sentareis	sentaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		sientatú sentávos	siente	sentemos	sentad	sienten
	negative		no sientes	no siente	no sentemos	no sentéis	no sienten

¹Rare; now chiefly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tuteo-form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of sentar (e-ie alternation)

These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
with infinitive sentar	dative	sentarme	sentarte	sentarle, sentarse	sentarnos	sentaros	sentarles, sentarse
	accusative	sentarme	sentarte	sentarlo, sentarla, sentarse	sentarnos	sentaros	sentarlos, sentarlas, sentarse
with gerund sentando	dative	sentándome	sentándote	sentándole, sentándose	sentándonos	sentándoos	sentándoles, sentándose
	accusative	sentándome	sentándote	sentándolo, sentándola, sentándose	sentándonos	sentándoos	sentándolos, sentándolas, sentándose
with informal second-person singular tuteo imperative sienta	dative	siéntame	siéntate	siéntale	siéntanos	not used	siéntales
	accusative	siéntame	siéntate	siéntalo, siéntala	siéntanos	not used	siéntalos, siéntalas
with informal second-person singular voseo imperative sentá	dative	sentame	sentate	sentale	sentanos	not used	sentales
	accusative	sentame	sentate	sentalo, sentala	sentanos	not used	sentalos, sentalas
with formal second-person singular imperative siente	dative	siénteme	not used	siéntele, siéntese	siéntenos	not used	siénteles
	accusative	siénteme	not used	siéntelo, siéntela, siéntese	siéntenos	not used	siéntelos, siéntelas
with first-person plural imperative sentemos	dative	not used	sentémoste	sentémosle	sentémonos	sentémoos	sentémosles
	accusative	not used	sentémoste	sentémoslo, sentémosla	sentémonos	sentémoos	sentémoslos, sentémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative sentad	dative	sentadme	not used	sentadle	sentadnos	sentaos	sentadles
	accusative	sentadme	not used	sentadlo, sentadla	sentadnos	sentaos	sentadlos, sentadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative sienten	dative	siéntenme	not used	siéntenle	siéntennos	not used	siéntenles, siéntense
	accusative	siéntenme	not used	siéntenlo, siéntenla	siéntennos	not used	siéntenlos, siéntenlas, siéntense

Derived terms

• asentar
• sentadero
• sentamiento
• sentar cabeza
• sentar cátedra
• sentar la cabeza
• sentar las bases (“to lay the groundwork; to lay the foundations”)
• sentar un ejemplo (“to set an example”)
• sentar un precedente (“to set a precedent”)

Related terms

• asiento
• sentarse
• ser

See also

• sentir

Further reading

• “sentar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025

Venetan

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *sedentō, from Latin sedens, present participle of sedeō.

Verb

sentar

1. (transitive) to seat

Conjugation

* Venetan conjugation varies from one region to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.

Conjugation of sentar (second conjugation)

infinitive	sentar
auxiliary verb		aver	gerund		senténdo
past participle		sentato
person	singular			plural
	first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative	mi	ti	eło / eła	noialtri / noialtre	voialtri / voialtre	łuri / łore
present	sento	(te) senti	(el/ła) sente	sentémo	sentì	(i/łe) sente
imperfect	sentéa	(te) sentivi	(el/ła) sentéa	sentévimo	sentivi	(i/łe) sentéa
future	sentarò	(te) sentarè	(el/ła) sentarà	sentarémo	sentarè	(i/łe) sentarà
conditional	sentarìa	(te) sentarisi	(el/ła) sentarìa	sentarìsimo	sentarisi	(i/łe) sentarìa
subjunctive	che mi	che ti	che eło / eła	che noialtri / noialtre	che voialtri / voialtre	che łuri / łore
present	senta	(te) senti	(el/ła) senta	sentémo	sentì	(i/łe) senta
imperfect	sentése	(te) sentisi	(el/ła) sentése	sentésimo	sentisi	(i/łe) sentése
imperative	—	ti	eło / eła	noialtri / noialtre	voialtri / voialtre	łuri / łore
	—	(te) senti	(el/ła) senta	sentémo	sentì	(i/łe) senta

Related terms

• sentarse