Vamos a situar la cómoda junto a la ventana.

Vamos a + infinitive is a very common Spanish structure.

Here:

• vamos = we go / we are going
• a situar = to place / to position

Together, vamos a situar usually means we are going to place/position.

Depending on context, it can also sound like let’s place/position in conversational Spanish. So this structure can express:

• a planned future action, or
• a suggestion involving we

Spanish uses this structure very often instead of the simple future.

Both are possible, but they feel a bit different.

• vamos a situar = very common, natural, conversational
• situaremos = simple future, often a bit more formal, neutral, or sometimes more detached

In everyday speech, Spanish speakers very often prefer ir a + infinitive:

• Vamos a situar la cómoda...

rather than:

• Situaremos la cómoda...

So the version in your sentence sounds very normal and natural.

Yes, you could say poner.

Possible options:

• situar = to position, to place, to situate
• colocar = to place, to position
• poner = to put

The differences are mostly about nuance:

• poner is the most everyday and general
• colocar sounds a bit more precise
• situar can sound slightly more careful, deliberate, or formal

So:

• Vamos a poner la cómoda junto a la ventana is very natural.
• Vamos a situar la cómoda junto a la ventana sounds a little more like positioning a piece of furniture in a specific place.

Because cómoda is a feminine noun meaning dresser or chest of drawers.

So:

• la cómoda = the dresser

The noun is feminine, so it takes:

• la in the singular
• las in the plural

Example:

• la cómoda
• las cómodas

It looks very similar, and it is related, but in this sentence it is a noun, not an adjective.

• cómoda as a noun = dresser / chest of drawers
• cómodo / cómoda as an adjective = comfortable

Examples:

• La cómoda está junto a la ventana. = The dresser is next to the window.
• La silla es cómoda. = The chair is comfortable.

Context tells you which meaning is intended.

The accent mark shows where the stress goes:

• cómoda → stress on the first syllable: CÓ-mo-da

Without getting too technical, the written accent is needed to show the correct pronunciation.

This is especially useful because Spanish spelling normally follows regular stress patterns, and the accent mark tells you when a word breaks the usual pattern.

Junto a means next to, beside, or up against, depending on context.

In this sentence:

• junto a la ventana = next to the window

It suggests closeness. The dresser is positioned near the window, probably right beside it.

Yes, absolutely.

Both are very common:

• junto a la ventana
• al lado de la ventana

They usually mean the same thing: next to / beside the window.

A rough nuance:

• junto a can sound slightly more compact or a little more formal in some contexts
• al lado de is extremely common and very natural in everyday speech

So both are correct.

Because junto is normally used with a when it means next to.

So the full expression is:

• junto a = next to / beside

You should learn it as a set phrase.

Examples:

• junto a la puerta = next to the door
• junto al sofá = next to the sofa

Notice that:

• a + el = al
• so junto al sofá is short for junto a el sofá, but Spanish contracts it to al

Spanish uses the definite article the more often than English does.

So la ventana is completely normal here:

• junto a la ventana = next to the window

In English, you sometimes omit the in places where Spanish would keep it, but in Spanish the article is often required.

Because Spanish often leaves out subject pronouns when they are clear from the verb.

• vamos already tells you the subject is we
• so nosotros is unnecessary unless you want emphasis or contrast

Compare:

• Vamos a situar la cómoda... = normal
• Nosotros vamos a situar la cómoda... = more emphatic, like we are going to place it

This omission of subject pronouns is very common in Spanish.

The structure is:

• Vamos a situar = verb phrase
• la cómoda = direct object
• junto a la ventana = place/location phrase

So the pattern is basically:

[verb phrase] + [thing being moved] + [where it will go]

That word order is very natural in Spanish.

Yes, it is natural and correct in Spain.

That said, in everyday conversation many speakers might more often say:

• Vamos a poner la cómoda junto a la ventana
• Vamos a colocar la cómoda junto a la ventana

Using situar is still perfectly good Spanish; it just sounds a bit more deliberate or slightly more formal than poner.

Yes, very often in context.

For example:

• Vamos a comer can mean We’re going to eat or Let’s eat
• Vamos a situar la cómoda junto a la ventana can mean We’re going to place the dresser next to the window or Let’s place the dresser next to the window

The context and tone tell you which meaning is intended.

If someone is discussing where to move furniture, it could easily sound like a suggestion:

• Let’s put the dresser next to the window.

So this structure is very useful, but it can be slightly flexible in meaning.

Yes.

• Vamos a situar la cómoda junto a la ventana
• Vamos a colocar la cómoda junto a la ventana

Both are correct and natural.

If you want a rough distinction:

• colocar is very common when talking about putting something in a particular place
• situar can sound a little more like to situate / to position

In furniture-related contexts, both work well.