estar
/esˈtaɾ/ · verb
Meaning
- to be (have a temporary or permanent location in space)
- to be present
- to be (denotes a copula, in a transient fashion)
- to be (auxiliary verb for the progressive/continuous aspect, preceding the gerund of the verb)
- to be in a state (in a passive voice sense)
- to be, stay (denotes a copula, in a transient fashion)
- to be (still)
- to be in a long-term state (in specific idioms)
Etymology / origin
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *steh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁ti Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁yeti Proto-Indo-European *sth₂éh₁yeti Proto-Italic *staēōder. Latin stō Old Spanish estar Spanish estar 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 and Portuguese estar). Cognate with English state. Preterite, imperfect subjunctive and future subjunctive forms are derived from tener.
- state(English)→
- estar(Portuguese)→
- stand(English)→
- stō(la)→
- estar(osp)→
- estar(osp)→
- estar (Spanish)
- Relations: inh, inh, inh, cog, cog, cog
Related words
Descendant words
- tar(Asturian) (cog)
- istar(Central Bikol) (bor)
- state(English) (cog)
- stari(Esperanto) (cog)
- stare(Italian) (cog)
- stà(Neapolitan) (cog)
- ta(Papiamentu) (der)
- estar(Portuguese) (cog)
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