# sta
## English
### Noun

sta (plural stas)
* 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:(file)
* Rhymes: -aː

### Verb

sta
* inflection of staan:
** first-person singular present indicative
** (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative
** imperative
** (dated or formal) singular present subjunctive

### Anagrams

* tas

## Italian
### Alternative forms

* stà (misspelling)

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈsta/$^*$
* (central Italian) IPA: /ˈsta/$^°$
* 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 Latin) IPA: /staː/, [s̠t̪äː]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /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
    Synonyms: hardnakka, vrangviljug

### 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

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈsta/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -a
* Audio:(file)

### Verb

a sta (third-person singular present stă, past participle stat) 1st conjugation
* to stay
    Stai acolo.Stay there.
* to stand
* to sit
    Synonym: ședea
    Vreau să stau jos.I want to sit down.
* to remain
    Synonym: rămâne
* to live (somewhere), inhabit, reside
    Synonyms: trăi, locui
    Ea stă în București.She lives in Bucharest.

#### Derived terms

* stare
* stătut

#### Related terms

* stat
* stabil

## Sicilian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [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.

### See also

* chista

## Slovene
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /stá/

### Verb

stȁ
* second/third-person dual present of bíti

## Tok Pisin
### Etymology

From 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