sta
See also: Appendix:Variations of "sta"
English
Noun
sta (plural stas)
- Abbreviation of station.
Anagrams
- -ast, AST, ATS, ATs, S. A. T., S.A.T., SAT, Sat, Sat., T.A.s, TA's, TAS, TAs, TSA, Tas, Tas., as't, ast, at's, ats, sat, sat., tas
Dutch
Pronunciation
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -aː
Verb
sta
- first-person singular present indicative of staan
- (archaic) singular present subjunctive of staan
- imperative of staan
Anagrams
- tas
Italian
Alternative forms
- stà (misspelling)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈsta/*
- (central Italy) IPA(key): /ˈsta/°[1]
- Rhymes: -a
- Hyphenation: stà
Verb
sta
- inflection of stare:
- third-person singular present indicative
- second-person singular imperative
See also
- sta'
- stai
- stanno
- state
- stiamo
- sto
References
- sta in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
Kabuverdianu
Etymology
From Portuguese estar.
Verb
sta
- to be
- is
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /staː/, [s̠t̪äː]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /sta/, [st̪äː]
Verb
stā
- second-person singular present active imperative of stō
References
- sta in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
Norn
Etymology
From Old Norse staðr, from Proto-Germanic *stadiz, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *stéh₂tis.
Noun
sta m
- domicile, farm
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Old Norse staðr, related to stå.
Adjective
sta (neuter singular sta, definite singular and plural sta or stae, comparative staere, indefinite superlative staest, definite superlative staeste)
- stubborn
References
- “sta” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From Old Norse staðr, related to stå.
Adjective
sta (neuter singular sta, definite singular and plural sta or stae, comparative staare, indefinite superlative staast, definite superlative staaste)
- stubborn
References
- “sta” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Romagnol
Etymology
Feminine form of stè. From Latin ista, feminine of iste.
Pronoun
sta f
- feminine of ste (“this”)
Romanian
Etymology
From Latin stāre, present active infinitive of stō, from Proto-Indo-European *steh₂-.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈsta/
- Rhymes: -a
Audio (file)
Verb
a sta (third-person singular present stă, past participle stat) 1st conj.
- to stay
- Stai acolo.
- Stay there.
- to stand
- to sit
- Vreau să stau jos.
- I want to sit down.
- Synonym: ședea
- to remain
- Synonym: rămâne
- to live (somewhere), inhabit, reside
- Ea stă în București.
- She lives/stays in Bucharest.
- Synonyms: trăi, locui
Conjugation
conjugation of sta (first conjugation, no infix)
| infinitive | a sta | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| gerund | stând | ||||||
| past participle | stat | ||||||
| number | singular | plural | |||||
| person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | |
| indicative | eu | tu | el/ea | noi | voi | ei/ele | |
| present | stau | stai | stă | stăm | stați | stau | |
| imperfect | stăteam | stăteai | stătea | stăteam | stăteați | stăteau | |
| simple perfect | stătui | stătuși | stătu | stăturăm | stăturăți | stătură | |
| pluperfect | stătusem | stătuseși | stătuse | stătuserăm | stătuserăți | stătuseră | |
| subjunctive | eu | tu | el/ea | noi | voi | ei/ele | |
| present | să stau | să stai | să stea | să stăm | să stați | să stea | |
| imperative | — | tu | — | — | voi | — | |
| affirmative | stai | stați | |||||
| negative | nu sta | nu stați | |||||
Derived terms
- stare
- stătut
Related terms
- stat
- stabil
Sicilian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ʃta]
Adjective
sta f (m. stu, plural sti)
- Contraction of chista; this
- 1874, Lionardo Vigo, Raccolta amplissima di canti popolari siciliani, page 443:
- [...] / E tu, curreri, ca vai d'ogni parti, / Te' cca sta littra, a la mè 'manti porti, / Cci dici ca non pozzu stari sparti, / La spartenza è cchiù brutta di la morti.
- [...] / And you, courier, who goes to and fro, / Take this letter, to my lover bring it, / Tell her that I can [no longer] remain separated, / Separation is worse than death.
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See also
- chista
Slovene
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /stá/
Verb
stȁ
- second/third-person dual present of bíti
Tok Pisin
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Etymology
English star.
Noun
sta
- star (celestial body)
- 1989, Buk Baibel long Tok Pisin, Port Moresby: Bible Society of Papua New Guinea, Jenesis 1:15:
- God i mekim kamap tupela bikpela lait. Bikpela em san bilong givim lait long de, na liklik em mun bilong givim lait long nait. Na God i mekim kamap ol sta tu.
- →New International Version translation
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