sentar
Spanish, verb/senˈtaɾ/
sentar is spelled S-E-N-T-A-R (6 letters) and appears 6.0 times per million words in written Spanish, the 10,466th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Sentar is a Spanish verb meaning “to seat” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Hacer que alguien tome asiento, adquiera la posición en que el cuerpo descansa sobre los glúteos”.
What does sentar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to seat
- 2
to set, to establish, to lay
Sin duda, esto va a sentar un precedente para eventos futuros.
- 3
to sit down, have a seat
¿Puedo sentarme?
- 4
to settle down
- 5
to assert
- 6
to suit, to fit
- 7
to sit well
- 8
to report
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Hacer que alguien tome asiento, adquiera la posición en que el cuerpo descansa sobre los glúteos. 2. Colocar a uno en determinado lugar y asiento.
verb: 1. Caer o parecer bien o mal una cosa. 2. Agradar o desagradar; hacer o no provecho, según se junte con los adverbios bien o mal.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of sentar
- siento first-person present singular
- senté first-person preterite singular
- sentado participle past
- e-ie alternation
- sentando gerund
- sentada feminine participle past
- sentados masculine participle past
- sentadas feminine participle past
- sientas indicative informal present
- sentás indicative informal present
- sienta indicative present singular
- sentamos first-person indicative plural
- sentáis indicative plural present
- sientan indicative plural present
- sentaba first-person imperfect indicative
- sentabas imperfect indicative second-person
- sentábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- sentabais imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce sentar?
- /senˈtaɾ/
- [sẽn̪ˈt̪aɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to sentar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is sentar in Spanish?
sentar appears 6.0 times per million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).