Por favor, tome la silla.
Please, take the chair.
Offering a chair is the friendliest welcome in a new place, and because silla ends in -a, it takes la.
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Spanish vocabularyA1 · Beginner
How to say "chair" in Spanish
la silla
nounfeminineplural: las sillas
"Chair" in Spanish is la silla, said SEE-yah, because the double l sounds like a y in most countries. An armchair is el sillón, and a seat on a bus or in a theater is el asiento.
Hear "silla" in real movie scenes
An offer to sit and a compliment for a chair. Each video starts and stops on that line.
Es una silla resistente.
It's a sturdy chair.
The line itself is a compliment, since holding up well is the best praise a chair can get, and resistente follows silla like most adjectives.
From Romper el círculo · Spanish audio
Silla, sillón, asiento: words for a place to sit
Six seats you'll find in homes, shops and buses.
| Spanish | English | Good to know |
|---|---|---|
| la silla | chair | The everyday chair at a table or a desk. |
| el sillón | armchair | Masculine, even though silla is feminine. |
| la silla de ruedas | wheelchair | Word for word, "chair of wheels". |
| la mecedora | rocking chair | From mecer, to rock. |
| el taburete | stool | No back and no arms. |
| el asiento | seat | Any seat: in a car, on a bus or at the movies. |
Tip: To invite someone to sit down, say Siéntate to a friend or Tome asiento in a formal setting.
Grammar: la silla, las sillas
Four points, from the article to the ll.
Feminine
la silla, una silla, las sillas. Adjectives take -a: una silla cómoda, dos sillas viejas.Sitting on it: en
Me siento en la silla. I sit on the chair. Spanish uses en for both on and in.The ll sound
Most speakers say ll like the y in yes: SEE-yah. Around Buenos Aires and Montevideo you'll hear SEE-shah instead.Bigger with -ón
Add -ón and the chair grows into el sillón, an armchair. The new word switches to masculine.Example sentences
Sentences from the Wordy Spanish course. Tap to listen.
la silla
the chair
Sí, es la silla.
Yes, it's the chair.
Pero quítate de mi silla.
But get out of my chair.
Es una silla resistente.
It's a sturdy chair.
Common mistakes
Mistakes learners make with this word, and how to fix them.
✗SIL-ah (pronunciation)
✓SEE-yah
The double l is a different sound from the English l. Most speakers say it like y.
✗la sillón
✓el sillón
Sillón is masculine, unlike silla.
✗una silla (a seat on the bus)
✓un asiento
On a bus, in a car or at the movies, the seat is un asiento.
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How to remember it
Silla sounds like "see ya". Picture a friend getting up from a chair, waving and saying "See ya!"
Questions about "chair" in Spanish
How do you say chair in Spanish?
La silla, pronounced SEE-yah. The plural is las sillas.
Is silla masculine or feminine?
Feminine: la silla, una silla. Its bigger relative el sillón, an armchair, is masculine.
How do you say wheelchair in Spanish?
La silla de ruedas, which means "chair of wheels".
How do you say "have a seat" in Spanish?
Siéntate to a friend. In formal situations, say Siéntese or Tome asiento.
