Aragonese

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Etymology

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From Latin stāre (stand), present active infinitive of stō (stand), from PIE *steh₂-.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /esˈta(ɾ)/
  • Rhymes: -a(ɾ)
  • Syllabification: es‧tar

Verb

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estar

  1. to be

Usage notes

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Contrary to other Iberian languages, Aragonese only makes use of one verb "to be", this means that the verb "ser" is not present.

Conjugation

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⠀⠀⠀⠀Impersonal forms
Infinitive estar⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
Gerund estando⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
Particles ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀estau m, estada f, estaus m pl, estadas f pl u estato m, estata f estatos, m pl, estatas f pl⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
⠀⠀⠀Personal forms
Indicative yo él/ella nusatros/as busatros/as ellos/as
Present ⠀⠀⠀⠀soi ⠀⠀⠀⠀yes ⠀⠀⠀⠀ye ⠀⠀⠀⠀semos ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀soz ⠀⠀⠀⠀son
Imperfect ⠀⠀⠀⠀yera ⠀⠀⠀⠀yeras ⠀⠀⠀⠀yera ⠀⠀⠀⠀yéranos ⠀⠀⠀⠀yeraz ⠀⠀⠀⠀yeran
⠀Simple past⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀estié ⠀⠀⠀⠀estiés ⠀⠀⠀⠀estió ⠀⠀⠀⠀estiemos ⠀⠀⠀⠀estiez ⠀⠀⠀⠀estioron
Future ⠀⠀⠀⠀estaré ⠀⠀⠀⠀estarás ⠀⠀⠀⠀estará ⠀⠀⠀⠀estaremos ⠀⠀⠀⠀estarez ⠀⠀⠀⠀estarán
⠀Conditional⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀estarba ⠀⠀⠀⠀estarbas ⠀⠀⠀⠀estarba ⠀⠀⠀⠀estárbanos ⠀⠀⠀⠀estarbaz ⠀⠀⠀⠀estarban
Subjunctive yo él/ella nusatros/as busatros/as ellos/as
Present ⠀⠀⠀⠀siga ⠀⠀⠀⠀sigas ⠀⠀⠀⠀siga ⠀⠀⠀⠀sigamos ⠀⠀⠀⠀sigaz ⠀⠀⠀⠀sigan
Imperfect ⠀⠀⠀⠀estase ⠀⠀⠀⠀estases ⠀⠀⠀⠀estase ⠀⠀⠀⠀estásenos ⠀⠀⠀⠀estasez ⠀⠀⠀⠀estasen
Imperative yo él/ella nusatros/as busatros/as ellos/as
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀- ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀sé ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀- ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀- ⠀⠀⠀⠀sez ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀-


Catalan

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Etymology

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Inherited from Latin stāre (to stand). Where the velar infix that is characteristic for the second conjugation comes from is unknown.

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Verb

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estar (first-person singular present estic, first-person singular preterite estiguí, past participle estat)

  1. (transitive, copulative) to be; to currently be in a state or have a characteristic (Used to connect a noun to an adjective that describes a temporary state of being.)
    Estic cansada.I am tired.
  2. (auxiliary) forms the continuous aspect, together with a present participle
    Ja està dormint.He is already sleeping.
  3. (intransitive, +adverbial phrase) to be located (to be in a place)
    La Torre Eiffel està a París.The Eiffel Tower is in Paris.

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  • This is one of two verbs that can be translated as to be, the other being ser/ésser. Ser/ésser indicates something that is inherent and not expected to change, whereas estar describes temporary qualities that apply only at a particular time. Ser/ésser relates to estar as essence relates to state, etymologically as well as semantically.

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Galician

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Etymology

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From Old Galician-Portuguese estar, from Latin stāre (stand), present active infinitive of stō (stand).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /esˈtaɾ/ [es̺ˈt̪aɾ]
  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Hyphenation: es‧tar

Verb

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estar (first-person singular present estou, first-person singular preterite estiven, past participle estado)
estar (first-person singular present estou, first-person singular preterite estivem or estive, past participle estado, reintegrationist norm)

  1. to be
  2. (copulative) to be (denotes a transient quality; a quality expected to change) [with adjective]
  3. (auxiliary) to be; forms the progressive aspect [with gerund or a (+ infinitive)]
  4. (intransitive) to cost (to be worth a certain amount of money), especially of something whose price changes often [with a ‘price’]
    Os ovos están a 2€ a duciaEggs cost 2€ a dozen.
  5. (intransitive) to be about to; indicates imminence or [with para (+ infinitive)]
    • 1861, José Sánchez de Santa María, transl., Gospel of Matthew:
      Pois así tamén, cando vosoutros víredes todas estas cousas, tede por certo que xa o Fillo do home está para chegar, e que xa está á porta
      Even so you also, when you see all these things, know that the Son of Man is about to arrive, even at the doors.
  6. to stand

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Like Portuguese and Spanish, Galician has two different verbs that are usually translated to English as “to be”. The verb ser relates to essence, origin, or physical description. In contrast, the verb estar relates to current state or position.

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Ladino

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Etymology

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From Latin stāre (stand), present active infinitive of stō (stand).

Verb

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estar (Latin spelling)

  1. to be, be present

Old Galician-Portuguese

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Etymology

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From Latin stāre (stand), from Proto-Indo-European *steh₂-.

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Verb

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estar

  1. to be

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Descendants

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  • Galician: estar
  • Portuguese: estar

Old Irish

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Pronunciation

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Verb

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·estar

  1. third-person singular present subjunctive conjunct of ithid

Mutation

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Old Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Nasalization
·estar
(pronounced with /h/ in h-prothesis environments)
unchanged ·n-estar
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Portuguese

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Etymology

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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).

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Verb

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estar (first-person singular present estou, first-person singular preterite estive, past participle estado)

  1. (intransitive) to be (indicates location in space) [with em ‘location’ or another locational preposition or adverb]
    Onde estás?Where are you?
    Estou em casa.I am at home.
  2. (copulative) to be (denotes a transient quality; a quality expected to change) [with adjective]
    O tempo estava frio.The weather was cold (at that moment).
    Estás louco?Are you crazy (right now)?
    A maçã está madura.The apple is ripe.
  3. (auxiliary) to be; forms the progressive aspect [with gerund (Brazil) or a (+ infinitive) (Portugal)]
    Ela está cantando? / Ela está a cantar?Is she singing?
    Estavam trabalhando muito.They were working a lot.
    Estávamos a ler muito.We had been reading a lot.
    Estaremos a ler livros.We will be reading books.
  4. (intransitive) to cost (to be worth a certain amount of money), especially of something whose price changes often [with a ‘price’]
    Synonym: custar
    O quilo de maçã está a dois euros.
    A kilogram of apples costs two euros.
  5. (copulative) to look, to appear (to give an appearance of being) [with adjective]
    Você está bonita.
    You look pretty.
  6. to stand
    Aqui estou.
    Here I stand.

Usage notes

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  • See ser.
  • For most speakers the first syllable (es-) is usually ommited in colloquial language and the full pronunciation is somewhat formal.

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Quotations

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For quotations using this term, see Citations:estar.

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Spanish

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Etymology

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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.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /esˈtaɾ/ [esˈt̪aɾ]
  • Audio (US):(file)
  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: es‧tar

Verb

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estar (first-person singular present estoy, first-person singular preterite estuve, past participle estado)

  1. (intransitive) to be (have a temporary or permanent location in space)
    ¿Dónde estás?
    Where are you?
    Estoy en casa.
    I am at home.
  2. (intransitive) to be (denotes a copula, in a transient fashion)
    El tiempo estaba frío/caliente.
    The weather was cold/hot [back then].
    ¿Estás feliz?
    Are you happy [right now]?
  3. to be (auxiliary verb for the progressive/continuous aspect, preceding the gerund of the verb)
    Ella está cantando.
    She is singing.
  4. (intransitive) to be in a state (in a passive voice sense)
    Los vasos están rotos.
    The vases are broken. (In passive voice with estar, unlike haber, its past participle agrees with number and gender of the subject)
    Llegaron y vieron que el hotel estaba abandonado.
    They arrived and saw the hotel was abandoned.
  5. (reflexive, followed by adjective) to be, stay (denotes a copula, in a transient fashion)
    Estense callados y quietos.
    Stay quiet and not moving.
  6. (intransitive) to be (still) [with por (+ infinitive) ‘to be done’]
    Esto todavía está por hacer.
    This is still to be done.
    Lo peor está por llegar.
    The worst part is yet to come.
  7. (intransitive) to be in a long-term state (in specific idioms)
    estar muerto/ato be dead
    estar casado/ato be married (can also be ser casado)
    estar chico/ato be short (colloquially)

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Conjugation

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Despite having a vowel in the root, estar's conjugation matches dar in the present indicative and present subjunctive tenses, with none of the forms in those tenses being stressed on the root.

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