sta

See also: Appendix:Variations of "sta"

English

Noun

sta (plural stas)

1. Abbreviation of station.

Anagrams

• S.A.T., ats, ast, TAs, Sat., S. A. T., AST, sat, Ast, ATs, tas, sat., Tas., ATS, Sat, at's, SAT, T(S/A), as't, TAS, T.A.s, Tas, -ast, TA's, TSA

Dutch

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -aː

Verb

sta

1. inflection of staan:
   1. first-person singular present indicative
   2. (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative
   3. imperative
   4. (dated or formal) singular present subjunctive

Anagrams

• tas

Italian

Alternative forms

• stà (misspelling)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsta/^*
• (central Italian) IPA^(key): /ˈsta/^°
• Rhymes: -a
• Hyphenation: stà

Verb

sta

1. inflection of stare:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

See also

• sta'
• stai
• stanno
• state
• stiamo
• sto

Kabuverdianu

Etymology

From Portuguese estar.

Verb

sta

1. to be
2. is

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /staː/, [s̠t̪äː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /sta/, [st̪äː]

Verb

stā

1. 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

1. 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)

1. 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)

1. stubborn

   Synonyms: hardnakka, vrangviljug

References

• “sta” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Romagnol

Etymology

Feminine form of stè. From Latin ista, feminine of iste.

Pronoun

sta f

1. feminine of ste (“this”)

Romanian

Etymology

Inherited from Latin stāre, from Proto-Indo-European *steh₂-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsta/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -a

• Audio:

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Verb

a sta (third-person singular present stă, past participle stat) 1st conjugation

1. to stay

   Stai acolo.

   Stay there.

2. to stand
3. to sit

   Synonym: ședea

   Vreau să stau jos.

   I want to sit down.

4. to remain

   Synonym: rămâne

5. to live (somewhere), inhabit, reside

   Synonyms: trăi, locui

   Ea stă în București.

   She lives in Bucharest.

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)

1. 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.

See also

• chista

Slovene

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /stá/

Verb

stȁ

1. second/third-person dual present of bíti

Tok Pisin

Etymology

From English star.

Noun

sta

1. 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.

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