estar
Mane (English)
- (intransitive) to be (have a temporary or permanent location in space)
- (intransitive) to be (denotes a copula, in a transient fashion)
- to be (auxiliary verb for the progressive/continuous aspect, preceding the gerund of the verb)
- (intransitive) to be in a state (in a passive voice sense)
- (reflexive) to be, stay (denotes a copula, in a transient fashion)
- (intransitive) to be (still)
- (intransitive) to be in a long-term state (in specific idioms)
Synonyms
estar sentado
sientate
haver
tener todo
tar
haber visitado
haber estado
habitar uno
reverenciar a Dios
claramente por públicamente
ser de
Pircarînî
Bi hîfenê ve hatîye girêdan wek
es‧tar
Wekî (IPA) tê bilêvkirin
/esˈtaɾ/
Etîmolojî (English)
In summary
Inherited 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.
Vê nîşan bike
Bilêvkirina xwe baştir bike
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