to stay, remain / to keep, stick [+ a (object)]; to keep, stick / to be doing something (present continuous) / to be up to [+ a (object)]; to be up to / to be about to [+ per (object)]; to be about to / to be to [+ a (object)]; to be to / to live / to be in a certain condition

(intransitive) to be quiet, to shut up

(intransitive) to be about to

to be together; to spend time together / to be a couple; to date regularly (of two people) / to go together / to stick together; to have each other's back / to make sense; to hold together; to hold water

(with inf.) used to emphasize or exaggerate the amount of time of an activity

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see stare, dietro. / to court (attempt to attract) [+ a (someone)]; to court (attempt to attract) / to take care (of); to keep up (with) [+ a (someone)]; to take care (of); to keep up (with) / to insist [+ a (someone) = to/with] (in order to gain something)

(transitive, idiomatic) to leave alone

to stand; to be standing / to be well-founded, coherent, or consistent; to hold water (of an argument, reasoning, etc.)

(obsolete) to stall for time, to temporize; to stand in attentive expectation

(uncommon) Alternative form of dare sui nervi