| estar |
| 1. v. to be (have a temporary or permanent location in space) | |
| ¿Dónde estás? - Where are you? | |
| Estoy en casa. - I am at home. | |
| 2. v. to be (denotes a copula, in a transient fashion) | |
| El tiempo estaba frío/caliente. - The weather was cold/hot back then. | |
| ¿Estás feliz? - Are you happy right now? | |
| 3. v. to be (auxiliary verb for the progressive/continuous aspect, preceding the gerund of the verb) | |
| Ella está cantando. - She is singing. | |
| 4. v. to be in a state (in a passive voice sense) | |
| Los vasos están rotos. - The vases are broken. (In passive voice with estar, unlike haber, its past participle agrees with number and gender of the subject) | |
| Llegaron y vieron que el hotel estaba abandonado. - They arrived and saw the hotel was abandoned. | |
| 5. v. to be, stay (denotes a copula, in a transient fashion) | |
| Estense callados y quietos. - Stay quiet and not moving. | |
| 6. v. to be to be done, to be (still) undone: | |
| Esto todavía está por hacer. - This is still to be done. | |
| Lo peor está por llegar. - The worst part is yet to come. | |
| 7. v. to be in a long-term state (in specific idioms) | |
| estar muerto/a - to be dead | |
| estar casado/a - to be married (can also be ser casado) | |
| estar chico/a - to be short (colloquially) | |
| sentado |
| 1. adj. seated | |
| 2. adj. (figuratively) settled, established | |
| 3. adj. (figuratively) sensible, solid | |
| 4. Participle. past participle of sentar | |
| sentar |
| 1. v. to seat | |
| 2. v. to set, to establish, to lay | |
| Sin duda, esto va a sentar un precedente para eventos futuros. - Undoubtedly, this is going to set a precedent for future events. | |
| 3. v. (takes a reflexive pronoun) 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. v. (takes a reflexive pronoun) to settle down | |
| 5. v. to assert | |
| 6. v. to suit, to fit | |
| 7. v. to sit well | |
| 8. v. to report | |
| 9. v. (colloquial) to leave a mark on (the skin) | |
