sta

sta (plural stas)

1. Abbreviation of station.

• -ast, AST, 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

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sta

1. first-person singular present indicative of staan
2. (archaic) singular present subjunctive of staan
3. imperative of staan

• tas

• stà (misspelling)

• Rhymes: -a

sta

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

From Portuguese estar.

sta

1. to be
2. is

stā

1. second-person singular present active imperative of stō

• sta in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)

From Old Norse staðr, related to stå

sta (neuter singular sta, definite singular and plural sta or stae, comparative staere, indefinite superlative staest, definite superlative staeste)

1. stubborn

• “sta” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

From Old Norse staðr, related to stå

sta (neuter singular sta, definite singular and plural sta or stae, comparative staare, indefinite superlative staast, definite superlative staaste)

1. stubborn

• “sta” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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

sta f

1. this

From Latin stāre, present active infinitive of stō, from Proto-Indo-European *steh₂-.

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

1. to stay

   Stai acolo.

   Stay there.

2. to stand
3. to sit

   Vreau să stau jos.

   I want to sit down.

4. to remain
5. to live (somewhere), inhabit, reside

   Ea stă în București.

   She lives/stays in Bucharest.

• (3) ședea
• (4) rămâne
• (5) trăi, locui

• stare
• stătut

• stat

• IPA^(key): [ʃta]

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.

• chista

sta

1. second-person dual present of biti
2. third-person dual present of biti

English star.

sta

1. star (celestial body)
   • 1989, Buk Baibel long Tok Pisin, Port Moresby: Bible Society of Papua New Guinea, 1:15:

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