| Cuando me habla el deber, tan sólo escucho su voz.[28] |
| —Gil y Zárate. |
84. The verb to sit (down) is rendered sentarse. To be sitting is rendered estar sentado.
I'm going, I'm going, you say, and you sit down.
Ya voy, ya voy, dices, y te sientas.—TOMAYO Y BAUS.
Will you sit (down) here a moment, please?
¿Quiere usted sentarse aquí un momento?
Don Miguel is sitting in an armchair near the stove.
Don Miguel está sentado en un sillón inmediato al brasero.
—LOS QUINTERO.
Note.—It is always well to paraphrase sit before translating. So, I sat (sat down, took a seat, seated myself) where they told me to; I sat (was sitting) in the armchair.