estar
Aragonese
editEtymology
editFrom Latin stāre (“stand”), present active infinitive of stō (“stand”), from PIE *steh₂-.
Pronunciation
editVerb
editestar
- to be
Usage notes
editContrary to other Iberian languages, Aragonese only makes use of one verb "to be", this means that the verb "ser" is not present.
Conjugation
edit⠀⠀⠀⠀Impersonal forms | |||||||||||||||||||
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Infinitive | estar⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ | ||||||||||||||||||
Gerund | estando⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ | ||||||||||||||||||
Particles | ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀estau m, estada f, estaus m pl, estadas f pl u estato m, estata f estatos, m pl, estatas f pl⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ | ||||||||||||||||||
⠀⠀⠀Personal forms | |||||||||||||||||||
Indicative | yo | tú | él/ella | nusatros/as | busatros/as | ellos/as | |||||||||||||
Present | ⠀⠀⠀⠀soi | ⠀⠀⠀⠀yes | ⠀⠀⠀⠀ye | ⠀⠀⠀⠀semos | ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀soz | ⠀⠀⠀⠀son | |||||||||||||
Imperfect | ⠀⠀⠀⠀yera | ⠀⠀⠀⠀yeras | ⠀⠀⠀⠀yera | ⠀⠀⠀⠀yéranos | ⠀⠀⠀⠀yeraz | ⠀⠀⠀⠀yeran | |||||||||||||
⠀Simple past⠀ | ⠀⠀⠀⠀estié | ⠀⠀⠀⠀estiés | ⠀⠀⠀⠀estió | ⠀⠀⠀⠀estiemos | ⠀⠀⠀⠀estiez | ⠀⠀⠀⠀estioron | |||||||||||||
Future | ⠀⠀⠀⠀estaré | ⠀⠀⠀⠀estarás | ⠀⠀⠀⠀estará | ⠀⠀⠀⠀estaremos | ⠀⠀⠀⠀estarez | ⠀⠀⠀⠀estarán | |||||||||||||
⠀Conditional⠀ | ⠀⠀⠀⠀estarba | ⠀⠀⠀⠀estarbas | ⠀⠀⠀⠀estarba | ⠀⠀⠀⠀estárbanos | ⠀⠀⠀⠀estarbaz | ⠀⠀⠀⠀estarban | |||||||||||||
Subjunctive | yo | tú | él/ella | nusatros/as | busatros/as | ellos/as | |||||||||||||
Present | ⠀⠀⠀⠀siga | ⠀⠀⠀⠀sigas | ⠀⠀⠀⠀siga | ⠀⠀⠀⠀sigamos | ⠀⠀⠀⠀sigaz | ⠀⠀⠀⠀sigan | |||||||||||||
Imperfect | ⠀⠀⠀⠀estase | ⠀⠀⠀⠀estases | ⠀⠀⠀⠀estase | ⠀⠀⠀⠀estásenos | ⠀⠀⠀⠀estasez | ⠀⠀⠀⠀estasen | |||||||||||||
Imperative | yo | tú | él/ella | nusatros/as | busatros/as | ellos/as | |||||||||||||
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀- | ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀sé | ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀- | ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀- | ⠀⠀⠀⠀sez | ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀- |
Catalan
editEtymology
editInherited from Latin stāre (“to stand”). Where the velar infix that is characteristic for the second conjugation comes from is unknown.
Pronunciation
editVerb
editestar (first-person singular present estic, first-person singular preterite estiguí, past participle estat)
- (transitive, copulative) to be; to currently be in a state or have a characteristic (Used to connect a noun to an adjective that describes a temporary state of being.)
- Estic cansada. ― I am tired.
- (auxiliary) forms the continuous aspect, together with a present participle
- Ja està dormint. ― He is already sleeping.
- (intransitive, +adverbial phrase) to be located (to be in a place)
- La Torre Eiffel està a París. ― The Eiffel Tower is in Paris.
Usage notes
edit- This is one of two verbs that can be translated as to be, the other being ser/ésser. Ser/ésser indicates something that is inherent and not expected to change, whereas estar describes temporary qualities that apply only at a particular time. Ser/ésser relates to estar as essence relates to state, etymologically as well as semantically.
Conjugation
editinfinitive | estar | ||||||
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gerund | estant | ||||||
past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
singular | estat | estada | |||||
plural | estats | estades | |||||
person | singular | plural | |||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | jo | tu | ell/ella vostè |
nosaltres nós |
vosaltres vós |
ells/elles vostès | |
present | estic | estàs | està | estem | esteu | estan | |
imperfect | estava | estaves | estava | estàvem | estàveu | estaven | |
future | estaré | estaràs | estarà | estarem | estareu | estaran | |
preterite | estiguí | estigueres | estigué | estiguérem | estiguéreu | estigueren | |
conditional | estaria | estaries | estaria | estaríem | estaríeu | estarien | |
subjunctive | jo | tu | ell/ella vostè |
nosaltres nós |
vosaltres vós |
ells/elles vostès | |
present | estigui | estiguis | estigui | estiguem | estigueu | estiguin | |
imperfect | estigués | estiguessis | estigués | estiguéssim | estiguéssiu | estiguessin | |
imperative | — | tu | vostè | nosaltres | vosaltres vós |
vostès | |
affirmative | — | estigues | estigui | estiguem | estigueu | estiguin | |
negative (no) | — | no estiguis | no estigui | no estiguem | no estigueu | no estiguin |
Derived terms
editRelated terms
editFurther reading
edit- “estar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “estar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
- “estar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “estar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Galician
editEtymology
editFrom Old Galician-Portuguese estar, from Latin stāre (“stand”), present active infinitive of stō (“stand”).
Pronunciation
editVerb
editestar (first-person singular present estou, first-person singular preterite estiven, past participle estado)
estar (first-person singular present estou, first-person singular preterite estivem or estive, past participle estado, reintegrationist norm)
- to be
- (copulative) to be (denotes a transient quality; a quality expected to change) [with adjective]
- (auxiliary) to be; forms the progressive aspect [with gerund or a (+ infinitive)]
- (intransitive) to cost (to be worth a certain amount of money), especially of something whose price changes often [with a ‘price’]
- Os ovos están a 2€ a ducia ― Eggs cost 2€ a dozen.
- (intransitive) to be about to; indicates imminence or [with para (+ infinitive)]
- 1861, José Sánchez de Santa María, transl., Gospel of Matthew:
- Pois así tamén, cando vosoutros víredes todas estas cousas, tede por certo que xa o Fillo do home está para chegar, e que xa está á porta
- Even so you also, when you see all these things, know that the Son of Man is about to arrive, even at the doors.
- to stand
Usage notes
editLike Portuguese and Spanish, Galician has two different verbs that are usually translated to English as “to be”. The verb ser relates to essence, origin, or physical description. In contrast, the verb estar relates to current state or position.
Conjugation
edit1Less recommended.
See also
editFurther reading
edit- “estar”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2024
Ladino
editEtymology
editFrom Latin stāre (“stand”), present active infinitive of stō (“stand”).
Verb
editestar (Latin spelling)
Old Galician-Portuguese
editEtymology
editFrom Latin stāre (“stand”), from Proto-Indo-European *steh₂-.
Pronunciation
editVerb
editestar
- to be
Conjugation
editinfinitive | simple | estar | |||||
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compound | — | ||||||
gerund | simple | estando | |||||
compound | — | ||||||
past participle1 | singular | plural | |||||
masculine | estado | — | |||||
feminine | — | — | |||||
present participle | estante | estantes | |||||
person | singular | plural | |||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative mood | eu ei |
tu | el~ele ela vossa mercee |
nos nos outros nos outras |
vos vos outras vos outros |
eles elas | |
simple tenses |
present | estou | estás | está | estamos | estades | estan |
imperfect | estava | estavas | estava | estavamos, estávamos | estavades, estávades | estavan | |
preterite | *estede, esteve, estive | *estedeste, esteveste, *estoveste | estede, *estedo, esteve, estevo | *estedemos, estevemos, estovemos | *estedestes, esteveste, *estoveste | estederon, esteveron, estoveron | |
pluperfect | *estedera, estevera, *estovera | *estederas, *esteveras, *estoveras | estedera, estevera, *estovera | *estederamos, *estedéramos, esteveramos, estevéramos, *estoveramos, *estovéramos | *estederades, *estedérades, esteverades, estevérades, *estoverades, *estovérades | estederan, *esteveran, estoveran | |
future | estarei | estarás | estará | estaremos | estaredes | estarán | |
conditional | estaria | estarias | estaria | estariamos, estaríamos | *estariades, *estaríades | estarian | |
compound tenses1 |
present perfect | present of haver + past participle1 | |||||
present imperfect | imperfect of haver + past participle1 | ||||||
past anterior | preterite of haver + past participle1 | ||||||
pluperfect | simple pluperfect of haver + past participle1 | ||||||
future perfect | future of haver + past participle1 | ||||||
conditional perfect | conditional of haver + past participle1 | ||||||
subjunctive mood | eu ei |
tu | el~ele ela vossa mercee |
nos nos outros nos outras |
vos vos outros vos outras |
eles elas | |
simple tenses |
present | esté, *estea, *estia | estês, *esteas, *estias | esté, *estea, *estia | estemos, *esteamos, *estiamos | estedes *esteades, *estiades | estên, *estean, *estian |
preterite | *estedesse, estevesse, estovesse | *estedesses, estevesses, *estovesses | estedesse, estevesse, estovesse | *estedéssemos, estevéssemos, estovéssemos | *estedéssedes, estevéssedes, *estovéssedes | estedessen, estevessen, estovessen | |
future | *esteder, estever, *estover | *estederes, esteveres, *estoveres | esteder, estever, estover | *estedermos, estevermos, estovermos | *estederdes, esteverdes, *estoverdes | estederen, esteveren, *estoveren | |
compound tenses1 |
present perfect | present subjunctive of haver + past participle1 | |||||
pluperfect | preterite subjunctive of haver + past participle1 | ||||||
future perfect | future subjunctive of haver + past participle1 | ||||||
imperative mood | — | tu | vossa mercee | nos nos outros nos outras |
vos vos outros vos outras |
— | |
affirmative | — | está | esté, *estea, *estia | estemos, *esteamos, *estiamos | estade | — | |
negative | — | non estês, non *esteas, non *estias | non esté, non *estea, non *estia | non estemos, non *esteamos, non *estiamos | non estedes, non *esteades, non *estiades | — | |
personal infinitive | eu ei |
tu | el~ele ela vossa mercee |
nos nos outros nos outras |
vos vos outros vos outras |
eles elas | |
estar | estares | estar | estarmos | estardes | estaren | ||
1 The past participle of the verb estar, which is only attested with the auxiliary verb haver or its alternative spelling, aver, is scarcely documented since around the 13th century and remained uncommon throughout the 15th century. |
Descendants
editOld Irish
editPronunciation
editVerb
edit·estar
Mutation
editOld Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
·estar (pronounced with /h/ in h-prothesis environments) |
unchanged | ·n-estar |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Portuguese
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom Old Galician-Portuguese estar, from Latin stāre (“stand”), from Proto-Indo-European *steh₂-. The stems estev- or estiv- found in some inflections likely come from Vulgar Latin *stēvī (perfect in -ēv-, used by some Latin second conjugation verbs), hypothetical perfect stem that displaced original Classical Latin perfect stetī. The present subjunctive stem estej- is by analogy with ser, sej- (which is from Latin sedēre).
Pronunciation
edit
Audio (Brazil, Rio de Janeiro); /iʃˈtah/: (file) - Homophone: está (Brazil)
- Hyphenation: es‧tar
Verb
editestar (first-person singular present estou, first-person singular preterite estive, past participle estado)
- (intransitive) to be (indicates location in space) [with em ‘location’ or another locational preposition or adverb]
- Onde estás? ― Where are you?
- Estou em casa. ― I am at home.
- (copulative) to be (denotes a transient quality; a quality expected to change) [with adjective]
- O tempo estava frio. ― The weather was cold (at that moment).
- Estás louco? ― Are you crazy (right now)?
- A maçã está madura. ― The apple is ripe.
- (auxiliary) to be; forms the progressive aspect [with gerund (Brazil) or a (+ infinitive) (Portugal)]
- Ela está cantando? / Ela está a cantar? ― Is she singing?
- Estavam trabalhando muito. ― They were working a lot.
- Estávamos a ler muito. ― We had been reading a lot.
- Estaremos a ler livros. ― We will be reading books.
- (intransitive) to cost (to be worth a certain amount of money), especially of something whose price changes often [with a ‘price’]
- Synonym: custar
- O quilo de maçã está a dois euros.
- A kilogram of apples costs two euros.
- (copulative) to look, to appear (to give an appearance of being) [with adjective]
- Você está bonita.
- You look pretty.
- to stand
- Aqui estou.
- Here I stand.
Usage notes
edit- See ser.
- For most speakers the first syllable (es-) is usually ommited in colloquial language and the full pronunciation is somewhat formal.
Conjugation
editQuotations
editFor quotations using this term, see Citations:estar.
Derived terms
editRelated terms
editSee also
editSpanish
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editInherited from Old Spanish estar, inherited from Latin stāre (“stand”), from Proto-Indo-European *steh₂- (compare English stand). The preterite's origin is unclear, most likely generalized from the preterite of haber (“to have”), hub- (note that b and v are pronounced identically; compare the same development in andar and tener). Cognate with English state.
Pronunciation
editVerb
editestar (first-person singular present estoy, first-person singular preterite estuve, past participle estado)
- (intransitive) to be (have a temporary or permanent location in space)
- ¿Dónde estás?
- Where are you?
- Estoy en casa.
- I am at home.
- (intransitive) to be (denotes a copula, in a transient fashion)
- El tiempo estaba frío/caliente.
- The weather was cold/hot [back then].
- ¿Estás feliz?
- Are you happy [right now]?
- to be (auxiliary verb for the progressive/continuous aspect, preceding the gerund of the verb)
- Ella está cantando.
- She is singing.
- (intransitive) to be in a state (in a passive voice sense)
- Los vasos están rotos.
- The vases are broken. (In passive voice with estar, unlike haber, its past participle agrees with number and gender of the subject)
- Llegaron y vieron que el hotel estaba abandonado.
- They arrived and saw the hotel was abandoned.
- (reflexive, followed by adjective) to be, stay (denotes a copula, in a transient fashion)
- Estense callados y quietos.
- Stay quiet and not moving.
- (intransitive) to be (still) [with por (+ infinitive) ‘to be done’]
- Esto todavía está por hacer.
- This is still to be done.
- Lo peor está por llegar.
- The worst part is yet to come.
- (intransitive) to be in a long-term state (in specific idioms)
- estar muerto/a ― to be dead
- estar casado/a ― to be married (can also be ser casado)
- estar chico/a ― to be short (colloquially)
Usage notes
editConjugation
editDespite having a vowel in the root, estar's conjugation matches dar in the present indicative and present subjunctive tenses, with none of the forms in those tenses being stressed on the root.
infinitive | estar | ||||||
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gerund | estando | ||||||
past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
singular | estado | estada | |||||
plural | estados | estadas | |||||
singular | plural | ||||||
1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | ||
indicative | yo | tú vos |
él/ella/ello usted |
nosotros nosotras |
vosotros vosotras |
ellos/ellas ustedes | |
present | estoy | estás | está | estamos | estáis | están | |
imperfect | estaba | estabas | estaba | estábamos | estabais | estaban | |
preterite | estuve | estuviste | estuvo | estuvimos | estuvisteis | estuvieron | |
future | estaré | estarás | estará | estaremos | estaréis | estarán | |
conditional | estaría | estarías | estaría | estaríamos | estaríais | estarían | |
subjunctive | yo | tú vos |
él/ella/ello usted |
nosotros nosotras |
vosotros vosotras |
ellos/ellas ustedes | |
present | esté | estés | esté | estemos | estéis | estén | |
imperfect (ra) |
estuviera | estuvieras | estuviera | estuviéramos | estuvierais | estuvieran | |
imperfect (se) |
estuviese | estuvieses | estuviese | estuviésemos | estuvieseis | estuviesen | |
future1 | estuviere | estuvieres | estuviere | estuviéremos | estuviereis | estuvieren | |
imperative | — | tú vos |
usted | nosotros nosotras |
vosotros vosotras |
ustedes | |
affirmative | está | esté | estemos | estad | estén | ||
negative | no estés | no esté | no estemos | no estéis | no estén |
1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
infinitive | estarse | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
gerund | estándose | ||||||
past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
singular | estado | estada | |||||
plural | estados | estadas | |||||
singular | plural | ||||||
1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | ||
personal non-finite | yo | tú vos |
él/ella/ello usted |
nosotros nosotras |
vosotros vosotras |
ellos/ellas ustedes | |
infinitive | estarme | estarte | estarse | estarnos | estaros | estarse | |
gerund | estándome | estándote | estándose | estándonos | estándoos | estándose | |
indicative | yo | tú vos |
él/ella/ello usted |
nosotros nosotras |
vosotros vosotras |
ellos/ellas ustedes | |
present | me estoy | te estás | se está | nos estamos | os estáis | se están | |
imperfect | me estaba | te estabas | se estaba | nos estábamos | os estabais | se estaban | |
preterite | me estuve | te estuviste | se estuvo | nos estuvimos | os estuvisteis | se estuvieron | |
future | me estaré | te estarás | se estará | nos estaremos | os estaréis | se estarán | |
conditional | me estaría | te estarías | se estaría | nos estaríamos | os estaríais | se estarían | |
subjunctive | yo | tú vos |
él/ella/ello usted |
nosotros nosotras |
vosotros vosotras |
ellos/ellas ustedes | |
present | me esté | te estés | se esté | nos estemos | os estéis | se estén | |
imperfect (ra) |
me estuviera | te estuvieras | se estuviera | nos estuviéramos | os estuvierais | se estuvieran | |
imperfect (se) |
me estuviese | te estuvieses | se estuviese | nos estuviésemos | os estuvieseis | se estuviesen | |
future1 | me estuviere | te estuvieres | se estuviere | nos estuviéremos | os estuviereis | se estuvieren | |
imperative | — | tú vos |
usted | nosotros nosotras |
vosotros vosotras |
ustedes | |
affirmative | estate | estese | estémonos | estaos | estense | ||
negative | no te estés | no se esté | no nos estemos | no os estéis | no se estén |
1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
Derived terms
editRelated terms
editDescendants
editSee also
editFurther reading
edit- “estar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28
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