English-Spanish translations for sedentary

• sedentario
  El problema se debe en parte a una mala alimentación y en parte a un estilo de vida sedentario en el que no se realiza ningún esfuerzo físico. The problem is partly due to inappropriate nutrition and partly to a sedentary lifestyle that does not involve any physical effort.
  Las reglas mediante las cuales se resuelven ahora los problemas son de antes de la era de Internet, cuando la Unión tenía seis Estados miembros habitados por ciudadanos sedentarios. The rules according to which problems are solved today are from before the Internet era, when the Union had six Member States inhabited by sedentary citizens.
  Como han destacado, en nuestro trabajo diario, tenemos que hacer una distinción entre los que son sedentarios y los nómadas. As you stressed, in our daily work, we need to make a distinction between those who have become sedentary and those who remain nomadic.

Definition of sedentary

• Not moving; relatively still; staying in the vicinity
• Living in a fixed geographical location; the opposite of nomadic
• inactive; motionless; sluggish; tranquil
• Caused by long sitting
• a sedentary person

Examples

• The oyster is a sedentary mollusk; the barnacles are sedentary crustaceans

Related words

• sedentism
• sedentarization
• sedentarism