estar

Meaning

1. (intransitive) to be (indicates location in space)
2. (copulative) to be (denotes a transient quality; a quality expected to change)
3. (auxiliary) to be; forms the progressive aspect
4. (intransitive) to cost (to be worth a certain amount of money), especially of something whose price changes often
5. (copulative) to look, to appear (to give an appearance of being)
6. to stand

Hyphenated as

es‧tar

Pronounced as (IPA)

/isˈta(ʁ)/

Etymology

From 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).

Sentences

Quanto tempo você vai estar lá ?

How long will you be there?

Ele não poderia estar errado .

He couldn't be wrong.

Confie em mim ? estar sozinho com meus pensamentos era muito mais perturbador .

Trust me? Being alone with my thoughts was much more upsetting.

Que horas vai escapar de Hong Kong estar mostrando ?

What time will it escape Hong Kong to be showing?

Felizmente , esse vazio parece estar se enchendo pouco a pouco .

Fortunately, this void seems to be filling little by little.

É esse caminho estratégico que o valencianismo faria bem em estar presente .

It is this strategic path that Valencianism would do well to be present.

Nos casos apropriados , estar de posse do título de Psicologia , Podologia ou Fisioterapia .

In appropriate cases, be in possession of the title of Psychology, Podiatry or Physiotherapy.