stare a
Italian
Verb
stàre a (first-person singular present (with syntactic gemination after the verb) stò a, first-person singular past historic stétti a or (traditional) stètti a, past participle stàto a, first-person singular future starò a, first-person singular subjunctive stìa a, first-person singular imperfect subjunctive stéssi a, second-person singular imperative stài a or stà' a, auxiliary èssere) (transitive)
- (with inf.) used to emphasize or exaggerate the amount of time of an activity
- stare a leggere ― to stay reading
- to stick to
- Synonym: attenersi
- stare ai fatti ― to stick to the facts
- to depend on; to be up to
- Synonym: rimettersi
- stare alla decisione dei giudici ― to be up to the judges' decision
- 2020 August 18, Alessio Sgherza, “Convention, attacchi a Trump su giustizia razziale e pandemia. Michelle Obama: "Abbiamo un presidente sbagliato". Sanders: "Incapace, ci porta verso l'autoritarismo" [Convention, attacks at Trump on racial justice and pandemic. Michelle Obama: "We have a wrong president". Sanders: "Incapable, bringing us towards authoritarianism"]”, in la Repubblica:
- Sta a noi aggiungere le nostre voci e i nostri voti al corso della Storia, facendo risuonare l'echo delle parole di eroi come John Lewis che diceva 'Quando vedete qualcosa che non è non giusto, dovete dire qualcosa, fare qualcosa'.
- It is up to us to add our voices and our votes to the run of history, echoing the words of heroes like John Lewis who said 'When you see something that is not right, you have to say something, do something'.
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