sentara

sit down

→ sentar

sent sit + ara Imperfect subjunctive (I/he/she/you formal)

verb · singular Rare #43,951

sit down Used in a subjunctive clause, often after a verb of wanting, asking, or telling.

SP: Le pedí que se sentara aquí.

EN: I asked her to sit down here.

Conjugation of sentar

	Singular	Plural
Second	sentarte	—

Subjunctive

sentara

Tom wanted me to sit down and relax.

I told him to sit down and drink a glass of water.

He begged me to sit down.

— Escondido (2005)

You told the dog to sit, didn’t you?

She told me to sit down.

— Que Horas Ela Volta? (2015)

I’d prefer her to sit next to me.