asiento
1. (=mueble) seat, chair
(=lugar) place
a. [de bicicleta] saddle
·[no] ha calentado el asiento
·he hasn't stayed long
·tomar asiento
·to take a seat
·asiento de atránoun
b. [de coche] rear seat
c. [de moto] pillion seat
·asiento delantero front seat
·asiento expulsor
·asiento lanzable
·asiento proyectable (aeronautics) ejector seat
·asiento reservado reserved seat
2. (=sitio) site, location
3. (=fondo)
a. [de jarrónoun, silla] bottom *
(=nalgas) bottom, seat
4. (mechanics) seating
·asiento de válvula valve seating
5. (=poso) sediment
6. (architecture) settling
·[hacer] asiento
·to settle, sink
7. (Náut) trim
8. (=arraigo) settling, establishment
·estar de asiento
·to be settled
·vivir de asiento con somebody, someone
·to live in sin with somebody
9. (Latin America) also asiento minero
(=poblaciónoun minera) mining town
10. (commerce)
(=contrato) contract (en libro) entry
·asiento contable book-keeping entry
·asiento de cierre closing entry
11. (politics) treaty, peace treaty
12. (=estabilidad) stability
(=juicio) good sense, judgment
·[hombre] de asiento
·sensible man