Spanish term
¿Donde nos sentamos? ¿A la mesa?
-¿Donde nos sentamos? ¿A la mesa?
Mi duda es si debe utilizarse "a la mesa" o "en la mesa", u otra construccion.
| 4 | ¿Dónde nos ponemos? ¿en la mesa? |
Juan Pablo Marina
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| 5 +3 | En la mesa |
Patricia Parten
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| 4 +2 | a la mesa |
Fernando Muela Sopeña
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Responses
France
translator and linguist
Native in: Spanish (Variant: Standard-Spain) 
Works in: French to Spanish, English to Spanish, Spanish
¿Dónde nos ponemos? ¿en la mesa?
Por eso propongo un cambio de verbo en la primera pregunta (yo lo digo así cuando entro en un bar o en un restaurante).
Spain
The passion for the right word
Native in: Spanish (Variant: Standard-Spain)
Works in: French to Spanish, Russian to Spanish, Spanish
a la mesa
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Teresa Miret
: Uno puede sentarse a la mesa para comer, para hablar, para escribir, etc.
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Gracias
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Pablo Grosschmid
3 hrs
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Gracias, Pablo
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Patricia Parten
: Uno "se acerca a la mesa a recoger algo" pero "se sienta en la mesa a conversar o comer." De hecho, naci y vivi en Sur America hasta principios de college y su respuesta no me suena bien. Discúlpenme si estoy equivocada. Mucha suerte!
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Puede que es Sudamérica se diga así, no digo que no. Ahora bien, me remito a Seco.
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nessim
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United States
TRANSLATOR 20+ yrs exp.
Native in: Spanish (Variants: Costa Rican, Latin American, Colombian, Ecuadorian , Cuban, Peruvian, Venezuelan, Guatemalan, Mexican, US) 
, English (Variant: US)
Works in: Spanish to English, Spanish, English to Spanish, and 5 more.
En la mesa
Suerte!
Patricia
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Gabriela Rodriguez
1 hr
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Gracias Gaby.
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Maximova
: Totalmente de acuerdo!!!! Entiendo que los españoles "la lleven" en el idioma, pero en Latinoamérica también hemos desarrollado el idioma! En Chile, sentarse a la mesa es "sentarse a comer". Conversación o reunión de trabajo: sentarse en la mesa.
9 hrs
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Gracias Maxi!!
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Anabel Martínez
16 hrs
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Gracias Anabel!
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Discussion
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