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Sea profesional en el juicio, por favor.

Sea profesional en el juicio, por favor.
Be professional in the trial, please.
From Lesson 129:Formal irregular commands (sea, vaya, tenga)·Spanish (Latin America)

Breakdown of Sea profesional en el juicio, por favor.

ser
to be
en
in / on / at
por favor
please
profesional
professional
el juicio
the trial

Questions & Answers about Sea profesional en el juicio, por favor.

Why is the word sea used here instead of sé?
Sea is the formal (usted) command form of the irregular verb ser (to be). You use this when telling someone you address as usted to do something. If you were talking to a friend (tú), you would use the informal command sé instead.
Why do we use a command form of ser here instead of estar (esté)?
In Spanish, being professional (profesional) is treated as an essential characteristic or a defining trait of someone's behavior in a given role, so it goes with ser. You would use estar for temporary physical states, emotions, or locations.
Does the word profesional change if I am speaking to a woman?
No, adjectives that end in a consonant like -l stay the same for both masculine and feminine. However, if you were telling a group of people to be professional, you would need to make both the verb and the adjective plural: Sean profesionales.
I've seen the word juicio before. Does it always mean "trial"?
It frequently means "trial" in a legal context, like in this sentence. But juicio can also mean "judgment," "sense," or "sanity." For example, the phrase tener buen juicio means to have good judgment.

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