estar

(Engels)

  1. (intransitive) to be (have a temporary or permanent location in space)
  2. (intransitive) to be (denotes a copula, in a transient fashion)
  3. to be (auxiliary verb for the progressive/continuous aspect, preceding the gerund of the verb)
  4. (intransitive) to be in a state (in a passive voice sense)
  5. (reflexive) to be, stay (denotes a copula, in a transient fashion)
  6. (intransitive) to be (still)
  7. (intransitive) to be in a long-term state (in specific idioms)

Frequentie

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Met koppelteken als
es‧tar
Uitgesproken als (IPA)
/esˈtaɾ/
Etymologie (Engels)

In summary

Inherited from Old Spanish estar, inherited from Latin stāre (“stand”). 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). Compare the same development in Portuguese estar. Cognate with English state. Preterite, imperfect subjunctive and future subjunctive forms are derived from tener.

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