Quédate en tu asiento
/kedate en tu asjento/from spelling rules
The English phrase 'stay in your seat' is translated into Spanish as Quédate en tu asiento.
You can also use No te levantes to say 'Don't get up' or No te levantes de tu asiento to say 'don't get up from your seat'.
How does it change in a sentence?
To make the phrase formal, change the informal imperative Quédate to the formal Quédese and change the possessive tu to su, resulting in Quédese en su asiento. To tell someone 'don't get up from your seat' specifically, you use the negative imperative No te levantes de tu asiento.
Did you know?
- The phrase asiento is used in accounting to describe a 'journal entry'. This is because recording a transaction was historically seen as 'settling' the account in a book.
- While Quédate en tu asiento is the direct translation, a teacher in a Spanish classroom might simply say ¡Sentados! to tell an entire group of students to stay in their seats.
- The word asiento comes from the verb asentar, which means 'to settle' or 'to establish'. In a broader sense, it can refer to a legal agreement or a formal contract between two parties.
Examples in context
- Por favor, permanezca en su asiento mientras esperamos a los demás pasajeros.Please, stay in your seat while we wait for the other passengers.
- ¡Oye, quédate en tu asiento y no te muevas!Hey, stay in your seat and don't move!
- Mientras pasamos el plato, no te levantes y espera a que te sirva.While we pass around the dish, don't get up and wait for me to serve you.
- Chicos, quédense sentados hasta que llegue el autobús.Guys, stay seated until the bus arrives.
- ¡Niño, quédate en tu asiento!Child, stay in your seat!
- Quédate en tu asiento hasta que el avión aterrice.Stay in your seat until the plane lands.
- Por favor, quédate en tu asiento durante la película.Please, stay in your seat during the movie.
- Quédate en tu asiento y no te muevas.Stay in your seat and do not move.
Example conversation
Elena is reminding Daniel to be patient during a movie.
- ElenaDaniel, quédate en tu asiento un momento.Daniel, stay in your seat for a moment.
- DanielTengo mucha sed, quiero agua.I'm very thirsty, I want water.
- ElenaLa película aún no ha terminado.The movie isn't over yet.
- DanielEstá bien, me quedaré aquí.Alright, I'll stay here.
Sources
- IPA marked “from spelling rules” is derived from standard Spanish spelling, where Wiktionary gives none.
- Word origins: Wiktionary entries asiento, en, tu, CC BY-SA 4.0.
