stare a bada

== Italian == === Verb === stàre a bada (first-person singular present (with syntactic gemination after the verb) stò a bada, first-person singular past historic stétti a bada or (traditional) stètti a bada, past participle stàto a bada, first-person singular future starò a bada, first-person singular subjunctive stìa a bada, first-person singular imperfect subjunctive stéssi a bada, second-person singular imperative stài a bada or stà' a bada, auxiliary èssere) (obsolete) to stall for time, to temporize; to stand in attentive expectation to stay put