sentar cátedra

Spanish

Verb

sentar cátedra (first-person singular present siento cátedra, first-person singular preterite senté cátedra, past participle sentado cátedra)

1. (idiomatic) to pontificate

Further reading

• “poner, o sentar, cátedra”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10