sentamos

Sentamos is a Spanish verb form derived from sentar. It is the first-person plural present indicative, used to say that we seat someone or place people in seats, for example: Sentamos a los invitados en la mesa. It can also mean to cause someone to take a seat, as in Sentamos a los estudiantes en sus lugares.

In the sense of sitting down oneself, Spanish typically uses the reflexive form nos sentamos, meaning “we sit down.” For example: Nos sentamos a esperar. When a direct object is present, the verb remains transitive: Sentamos a los niños en las sillas alrededor de la mesa.

The verb sentar belongs to the larger family of sit-and-place verbs and is closely related to asentar, which can mean to settle, establish, or base something on a foundation. The expression sentar un precedente, for instance, means to set a precedent. Other common uses include phrases where the action of seating or placing is central, or idioms that describe how something suits someone, as in un corte de pelo que te sienta (that haircut suits you).

Etymology generally traces sentar to older Romance forms related to seating and placement, with contemporary Spanish retaining the core sense of placing someone in a seat or establishing someone in a position. The term is cognate with related verbs in other Iberian languages and shares roots with words for seat and settlement.