stare
Meaning
- (intransitive) to stay, remain
- (intransitive) to keep, stick
- (intransitive) to be doing something (present continuous)
- (intransitive) to be up to
- (intransitive) to be about to
- (intransitive) to be in relation to, to stand in relation to (in English idiom applicable to statements of analogy and/or of mathematical relationship: "to be to")
- (intransitive, regional) to live
- (intransitive) to be in a certain condition
Concepts
Synonyms
essere di
passare il tempo
essere ritto
essere sdraiato
essere situato
rincarga’
sta’
stare immobile
restare fermo
tenere un posto
stà
Translations
Frequency
Hyphenated as
stà‧re
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈsta.re/
Etymology
From Latin stāre. Cognate with Spanish estar and English state.
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