quítate de mi asiento
/kitate de mi asjento/from spelling rules
The English phrase 'get out of my seat' is expressed in Spanish as quítate de mi asiento.
This phrase is a command used to tell someone to leave a seat that the speaker claims as their own.
What does it mean word for word?
The phrase is composed of the reflexive verb quitarse (to remove oneself) and the prepositional phrase de mi asiento (from my seat).
Is it said differently in some regions?
In Mexico and some Central American countries, you can use ¡Quítate de mi lugar! to express 'Get out of my seat.'
How does it change in a sentence?
The form quítate uses the informal imperative (tú) form of the reflexive verb quitarse.
Did you know?
- In some Spanish-speaking cultures, saying quítate can sound aggressively abrupt, whereas adding por favor transforms it from a demand into a firm request.
- The word asiento comes from the verb asentar, which means 'to settle' or 'to establish'.
- The preposition de in this phrase is inherited from the Latin dē, which originally indicated movement away from a source.
Examples in context
- ¡Quítate de mi asiento ahora mismo!Get out of my seat right now!
- Oye, quítate de mi asiento, por favor.Hey, get out of my seat, please.
- No te sientes ahí, quítate de mi asiento.Don't sit there, get out of my seat.
Example conversation
Alejandro returns to his desk at school and finds Sofia sitting there.
- AlejandroSofía, quítate de mi asiento.Sofía, get out of my seat.
- SofíaLo siento, no sabía que era tuyo.I'm sorry, I didn't know it was yours.
- AlejandroSí, yo siempre me siento aquí.Yes, I always sit here.
- SofíaEstá bien, me muevo ahora.Alright, I'm moving now.
Sources
- IPA marked “from spelling rules” is derived from standard Spanish spelling, where Wiktionary gives none.
- Word origins: Wiktionary entries asiento, de, mi, CC BY-SA 4.0.
