I seated my mother next to me.Senté a mi madre a mi lado.
b.
Una frase idiomatica cuyo significado no es deducible si se traduce palabra por palabra.
sin traducción directa
Please be seated.Siéntense, por favor.
There was a problem with the wedding seating plan, and it took ages for us to be seated.Había un problema con la distribución de los invitados en la boda, y tardaron mucho en sentarnos.
is this seat free?¿está libre este asiento?;the back seat of the carel asiento trasero del coche;save me a seatguárdame un sitio or asiento;he used the log as a seatusaba el tronco de silla
It's always hard to see the screen properly from the front seatsThe most comfortable seats are at the front of the balconyRoger sat down carefully, using the edge of the crate as a seatHis secretary reserved him a seat on a Continental Airlines flightHe had been hoping for a window seat but the bus was full and he had to sit by the aisle
do haveortake a seatsiéntese por favor;tome asiento por favor (formal)
to take one's seatsentarse;tomar asiento
please take your seats for supperla cena está servida
to take a back seatmantenerse al margen
his private life takes a back seat to the problems of the companysu vida privada ocupa un segundo lugar después de los problemas de la compañía
we need two seats on the first available flightnecesitamos dos plazas en el primer vuelo disponible;are there any seats left?(Teat)(Cine)(Dep)¿quedan localidades or entradas?;(on plane)¿quedan plazas?
there were no seats leftI rang the theatre to see if I could get seats for the showto book reserve a seat
to have a seat on the boardser miembro de la junta directiva
He has been unsuccessful in his attempt to win a seat on the board of the company
6[of trousers]fondillos (m)
Her jeans had a gaping hole in the seatThere was a hole in the seat of his jeans
to do sth by the seat of one's pantshacer algo guiado por el instinto
Pilots in the early days of aviation flew "by the seat of their pants".it seemed to Bunbury that his companion in crime was almost literally driving by the seat of his pants and adlibbing his arguments off the top of his headI escaped by the seat of my pants
Dungavel House, the county seat of the Duke of Hamiltonthe neighboring town (the present county seat) was named Tribune in honor of the New York paperIn the eleventh century the seat of government shifted to London from Winchester
family seatcasa (f) solariega
the sixth Earl of Stradbroke arrived in a blaze of publicity to claim his family seat of Henham in SuffolkAlnwick Castle, the Duke's family seat in Northumberlandseat of justice
seat of learningcentro (m) de estudios;templo (m) del saber (literary)
Sunderland was a seat of learning in the 7th centuryNo one has ever heard of an owl converting a place like this into a residence and a famous seat of learningseat of power
8(source)[of infection, problem]foco (m)
we must find out whether it is your emotions that are the seat of the problemThe jaw had been fractured some years before and this fracture had become the seat of the infection.The puffer fish is poisonous and the seat of the venom may be its head
Stiffness in this area can wreck a good seat and is directly transmitted to the horse in riding
to have a good seatmontar bien
Jennifer Balcombe shone in the Sheepgate Young Rider Derby, showing a good seat and a tactful effectiveness
to keep one's seatmantenerse sobre el caballo;to lose one's seatcaer del caballo
verbo transitivo
1[+person][+child, invalid]sentar
they seat guests at a different table every daytodos los días ponen a los invitados en mesas diferentes;please remain seatedpor favor permanezcan sentados (formal)
The waiter seated him at my tablewhere shall we seat the bishop?
please be seatedtome asiento por favor (formal);to seat o.s.sentarse;tomar asiento (formal)
He seated himself at the table"Thank you," she said, seating herself on the sofaHow had they come to seat themselves exactly at his table?
2(hold)[+hall, vehicle]tener cabida para
the bus seats 53 peopleel autobús tiene cabida para 53 personas (sentadas);el autobús tiene 53 plazas or asientos;the car seats fivecaben cinco personas en el coche;el coche tiene cabida para cinco personas;the theatre seats 900el teatro tiene un aforo de 900 localidades;el teatro tiene cabida para 900 personas;the table can seat 20 comfortablyen la mesa caben 20 personas cómodamente
the table seats 12Coaches normally seat 50 peopleThe hall seats four hundred
3(Mec)[+valve, bearing]asentar;ajustar
Seat the bearings in the cone, well covered in grease
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deeply seated attitudesactitudes (f) muy arraigadas
his concern about the treatment of these people is a deeply seated thingThe Navy has acknowledged that it must change deeply-seated cultural attitudes
modificador
seat back (n)respaldo (m) del asiento
The seat back is too erect
seat belt (n)cinturón (m) de seguridad
he wasn't wearing a seat beltno llevaba puesto el cinturón de seguridad;fasten your seat belts(Aer)abróchense el cinturón de seguridad;put your seat belt on(Aut)póngase el cinturón de seguridad
