sentarse
Spanish, verb/senˈtaɾse/
sentarse is spelled S-E-N-T-A-R-S-E (8 letters) and appears 11 times per million words in written Spanish, the 6,766th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Sentarse is a Spanish verb meaning “infinitive of sentar combined with se” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Tomar un asiento, adquirir la posición en que el cuerpo descansa sobre los glúteos”.
What does sentarse mean in English?
verb
- 1
infinitive of sentar combined with se
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Tomar un asiento, adquirir la posición en que el cuerpo descansa sobre los glúteos. 2. Varar una embarcación por completo, es decir, tocando toda la quilla en la arena.
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 sentarse
- haberse sentado impersonal infinitive
- sentándose impersonal gerund
- habiéndose sentado impersonal gerund
- sentado impersonal participle
- me siento first-person singular indicative
- te sientas second-person singular indicative
- te sentás second-person singular vos-form
- se sienta third-person singular indicative
- nos sentamos first-person plural indicative
- os sentáis second-person plural indicative
- se sientan third-person plural indicative
- me sentaba first-person singular indicative
- te sentabas second-person singular indicative
- se sentaba third-person singular indicative
- nos sentábamos first-person plural indicative
- os sentabais second-person plural indicative
- se sentaban third-person plural indicative
- me senté first-person singular indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce sentarse?
- /senˈtaɾse/
- [sẽn̪ˈt̪aɾ.se]
- [sẽn̪ˈt̪aɾse]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to sentarse
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is sentarse in Spanish?
sentarse appears 11 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).