estado
estar
- (intransitive) to be (indicates location in space)
- (copulative) to be (denotes a transient quality; a quality expected to change)
- (auxiliary) to be; forms the progressive aspect
- (copulative) to look, to appear (to give an appearance of being)
- (intransitive) to cost (to be worth a certain amount of money), especially of something whose price changes often
- to stand
- (Brazil, intransitive) to possess, have, or have in possession
Frequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/isˈta.du/
Etymology
In summary
Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese estado, from Latin status, from Proto-Italic *status, from Proto-Indo-European *steh₂-. Doublet of status.
Related words
Engelse vertaling
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