"to sit down" in sette lingue
Significatoto sit down
Spagnolo
/senˈtaɾse/
altra origine · Vulgar Latin *SEDENTĀRE, from SEDENS 'sitting' (SEDĒRE)
Estar sentado is 'to be sitting'.
Francese
/saswaʁ/
altra origine · Latin ASSIDĒRE 'to sit by' (AD + SEDĒRE)
Être assis is 'to be sitting'.
Italiano
/seˈdersi/
ereditaria
Stare seduto is 'to be sitting'.
Portoghese
/sẽˈtahsi/
altra origine · Vulgar Latin *SEDENTĀRE, from SEDENS 'sitting' (SEDĒRE)
Rumeno
/se aʃeˈza/
altra origine · Vulgar Latin *ASSEDIĀRE (from SEDĒRE)
Catalano
/ˈsɛwɾə/
ereditaria
The prefixed asseure's (ASSIDĒRE, like French s'asseoir) is common too.
Inglese
/sɪt/
parente indoeuropea · PIE *sed-
Native sit is a textbook distant cognate of Latin SEDĒRE.
L’antenato latino
SEDĒRE‘to sit’
Tutte e sei le sorelle discendono da questa parola, salvo diversa indicazione qui sotto.
La storia
All three are built on SEDĒRE, but only Italian uses the plain verb; Spanish took a longer form from its participle, French a prefixed one. English sit is the same Indo-European root, inherited the Germanic way.
Parenti inglesi: sedentary, session, preside, reside, sediment
Imparala
In una frase
- esSiéntate, por favor.
- frAssieds-toi, s'il te plaît.
- itSiediti, per favore.
- ptSente-se, por favor.
- roAșază-te, te rog.
- caSeu, si us plau.
- enSit down, please.
Altro in "Verbi fondamentali"
- to associateasociarassocierassociareassociarasociaassociar
- to explainexplicarexpliquerspiegareexplicarexplicaexplicar
- to avoidevitaréviterevitareevitarevitaevitar
- to acceptaceptaraccepteraccettareaceitaracceptaacceptar
- to appear (come into view)aparecerapparaîtreapparireaparecerapăreaaparèixer
- to fallcaertombercaderecaircădeacaure