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How to Say ‘Please, have a seat.’ in Spain Spanish

Siéntese, por favor.

SYEN-teh-seh por fah-BOR

[SYEN-teh-seh por fah-BOR]

💬 Usage Tip: Polite commands stick the pronoun onto the end of the verb: siéntese is siente plus se. Same pattern in dígame "tell me".

Phrase Breakdown

Siéntese,

SYEN-teh-seh

Sit down / Have a seat

This is the formal (usted) command of 'sentarse', with the reflexive pronoun 'se' attached. Stress 'SIÉN': 'SIÉN-te-se'.

Example

Siéntese aquí, señora.

Have a seat here, madam.

Words in this phrase

Siéntese

[SYEN-teh-seh]

sit down (formal)

Formal command of 'sentarse', used politely with 'usted'.

Example

Siéntese aquí, señora.

Sit here, madam.

por favor.

por fah-BOR

please

Say it as one word with the stress on the last syllable: 'por-fa-VOR'. The 'v' sounds like a soft 'b'.

Example

Un café, por favor.

A coffee, please.

Words in this phrase

por

[por]

by (in 'por favor')

Part of the fixed phrase 'por favor', meaning please.

Example

Un café, por favor.

A coffee, please.

favor

[fah-BOR]

favour

With 'por' forms 'please'.

Example

Una mesa, por favor.

A table, please.

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