estar

Aragonese

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Verb

estar

1. to be

Usage notes

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

Conjugation

⠀⠀⠀⠀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	tú	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	tú	él/ella	nusatros/as	busatros/as	ellos/as
Present	⠀⠀⠀⠀siga	⠀⠀⠀⠀sigas	⠀⠀⠀⠀siga	⠀⠀⠀⠀sigamos	⠀⠀⠀⠀sigaz	⠀⠀⠀⠀sigan
Imperfect	⠀⠀⠀⠀estase	⠀⠀⠀⠀estases	⠀⠀⠀⠀estase	⠀⠀⠀⠀estásenos	⠀⠀⠀⠀estasez	⠀⠀⠀⠀estasen
Imperative	yo	tú	él/ella	nusatros/as	busatros/as	ellos/as
	⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀-	⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀sé	⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀-	⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀-	⠀⠀⠀⠀sez	⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀-

Catalan

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [əsˈta]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [esˈtaɾ]

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

Verb

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.

Usage notes

• 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.

Conjugation

    Conjugation of estar (first conjugation, irregular, with velar infix)

infinitive			estar
gerund			estant
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		estat		estada
		plural		estats		estades
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	estic	estàs	està	estem	esteu	estan
	imperfect	estava	estaves	estava	estàvem	estàveu	estaven
	future	estaré	estaràs	estarà	estarem	estareu	estaran
	preterite	estiguí	estigueres	estigué	estiguérem	estiguéreu	estigueren
	conditional	estaria	estaries	estaria	estaríem	estaríeu	estarien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	estigui	estiguis	estigui	estiguem	estigueu	estiguin
	imperfect	estigués	estiguessis	estigués	estiguéssim	estiguéssiu	estiguessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	estigues	estigui	estiguem	estigueu	estiguin
	negative (no)	—	no estiguis	no estigui	no estiguem	no estigueu	no estiguin

Derived terms

• benestar
• estada
• estament
• estança
• malestar

Related terms

• estadant
• estar-se
• estaria

Further reading

• “estar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “estar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “estar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “estar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Galician

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Verb

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

Usage notes

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.

Conjugation

    Conjugation of estar (irregular)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (ti)	Third-person (el / ela / Vde.)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / Vdes.)
Infinitive
Impersonal	estar
Personal	estar	estares	estar	estarmos	estardes	estaren
Gerund
	estando
Past participle
Masculine	estado			—
Feminine	—			—
Indicative
Present	estou	estás	está	estamos	estades	están
Imperfect	estaba	estabas	estaba	estabamos	estabades	estaban
Preterite	estiven	estiveches	estivo	estivemos	estivestes	estiveron
Pluperfect	estivera	estiveras	estivera	estiveramos	estiverades	estiveran
Future	estarei	estarás	estará	estaremos	estaredes	estarán
Conditional	estaría	estarías	estaría	estariamos	estariades	estarían
Subjunctive
Present	estea	esteas	estea	esteamos	esteades	estean
Imperfect	estivese	estiveses	estivese	estivésemos	estivésedes	estivesen
Future	estiver	estiveres	estiver	estivermos	estiverdes	estiveren
Imperative
Affirmative		está	estea	esteamos	estade	estean
Negative (non)		non esteas	non estea	non esteamos	non esteades	non estean

    Reintegrated conjugation of estar (irregular) (See Appendix:Reintegrationism)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (ti / tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	estar
Personal	estar	estares	estar	estarmos	estardes	estarem
Gerund
	estando
Past participle
Masculine	estado			—
Feminine	—			—
Indicative
Present	estou	estás	está	estamos	estades, estais	estám, estão
Imperfect	estava	estavas	estava	estávamos	estávades, estáveis, estávais1	estavam
Preterite	estivem, estive	estiveste, estiveche1	estivo, esteve	estivemos	estivestes	estivérom, estiveram
Pluperfect	estivera	estiveras	estivera	estivéramos	estivérades, estivéreis, estivérais1	estiveram
Future	estarei	estarás	estará	estaremos	estaredes, estareis	estarám, estarão
Conditional	estaria	estarias	estaria	estaríamos	estaríades, estaríeis, estaríais1	estariam
Subjunctive
Present	esteja	estejas	esteja	estejamos	estejades, estejais	estejam
Imperfect	estivesse	estivesses	estivesse	estivéssemos	estivéssedes, estivésseis	estivessem
Future	estiver	estiveres	estiver	estivermos	estiverdes	estiverem
Imperative
Affirmative		está	esteja	estejamos	estade, estai	estejam
Negative (nom)		nom estejas	nom esteja	nom estejamos	nom estejades, nom estejais	nom estejam

¹Less recommended.

See also

• ser

Further reading

• “estar”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2024

Ladino

Etymology

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

Verb

estar (Latin spelling)

1. to be, be present

Old Galician-Portuguese

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /es.ˈtaɾ/, /ˈstaɾ/
• Rhymes: -aɾ

Verb

estar

1. to be

Conjugation

    Conjugation of estar (irregular)

infinitive		simple		estar
		compound		—
gerund		simple		estando
		compound		—
past participle1				singular		plural
		masculine		estado		—
		feminine		—		—
present participle				estante		estantes
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative mood		eu ei	tu	el~ele ela vossa mercee	nos nos outros nos outras	vos vos outras vos outros	eles elas
simple tenses	present	estou	estás	está	estamos	estades	estan
	imperfect	estava	estavas	estava	estavamos, estávamos	estavades, estávades	estavan
	preterite	*estede, esteve, estive	*estedeste, esteveste, *estoveste	estede, *estedo, esteve, estevo	*estedemos, estevemos, estovemos	*estedestes, esteveste, *estoveste	estederon, esteveron, estoveron
	pluperfect	*estedera, estevera, *estovera	*estederas, *esteveras, *estoveras	estedera, estevera, *estovera	*estederamos, *estedéramos, esteveramos, estevéramos, *estoveramos, *estovéramos	*estederades, *estedérades, esteverades, estevérades, *estoverades, *estovérades	estederan, *esteveran, estoveran
	future	estarei	estarás	estará	estaremos	estaredes	estarán
	conditional	estaria	estarias	estaria	estariamos, estaríamos	*estariades, *estaríades	estarian
compound tenses1	present perfect	present of haver + past participle1
	present imperfect	imperfect of haver + past participle1
	past anterior	preterite of haver + past participle1
	pluperfect	simple pluperfect of haver + past participle1
	future perfect	future of haver + past participle1
	conditional perfect	conditional of haver + past participle1
subjunctive mood		eu ei	tu	el~ele ela vossa mercee	nos nos outros nos outras	vos vos outros vos outras	eles elas
simple tenses	present	esté, *estea, *estia	estês, *esteas, *estias	esté, *estea, *estia	estemos, *esteamos, *estiamos	estedes *esteades, *estiades	estên, *estean, *estian
	preterite	*estedesse, estevesse, estovesse	*estedesses, estevesses, *estovesses	estedesse, estevesse, estovesse	*estedéssemos, estevéssemos, estovéssemos	*estedéssedes, estevéssedes, *estovéssedes	estedessen, estevessen, estovessen
	future	*esteder, estever, *estover	*estederes, esteveres, *estoveres	esteder, estever, estover	*estedermos, estevermos, estovermos	*estederdes, esteverdes, *estoverdes	estederen, esteveren, *estoveren
compound tenses1	present perfect	present subjunctive of haver + past participle1
	pluperfect	preterite subjunctive of haver + past participle1
	future perfect	future subjunctive of haver + past participle1
imperative mood		—	tu	vossa mercee	nos nos outros nos outras	vos vos outros vos outras	—
affirmative		—	está	esté, *estea, *estia	estemos, *esteamos, *estiamos	estade	—
negative		—	non estês, non *esteas, non *estias	non esté, non *estea, non *estia	non estemos, non *esteamos, non *estiamos	non estedes, non *esteades, non *estiades	—
personal infinitive		eu ei	tu	el~ele ela vossa mercee	nos nos outros nos outras	vos vos outros vos outras	eles elas
		estar	estares	estar	estarmos	estardes	estaren
1 The past participle of the verb estar, which is only attested with the auxiliary verb haver or its alternative spelling, aver, is scarcely documented since around the 13th century and remained uncommon throughout the 15th century.

Descendants

• Galician: estar
• Portuguese: estar

Old Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈestar/

Verb

·estar

1. third-person singular present subjunctive conjunct of ithid

Mutation

Mutation of estar

radical	lenition	nasalization
·estar (pronounced with /h/ in h-prothesis environments)	unchanged	·n-estar

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• tá (Brazil, nonstandard)
• tar (Portugal, nonstandard)

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).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /isˈta(ʁ)/ [isˈta(h)], /esˈta(ʁ)/ [esˈta(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /isˈta(ʁ)/ [isˈta(h)], /esˈta(ʁ)/ [esˈta(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /isˈta(ɾ)/, /esˈta(ɾ)/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /iʃˈta(ʁ)/ [iʃˈta(χ)], /eʃˈta(ʁ)/ [eʃˈta(χ)]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /esˈta(ɻ)/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /(i)ʃˈtaɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /(i)ʃˈtaɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /(i)ʃˈta.ɾi/

• Homophone: está (Brazil)
• Hyphenation: es‧tar

Verb

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

2. (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.

4. (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.

6. (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.

8. (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.

10. (copulative) to look, to appear (to give an appearance of being) [with adjective]

    Você está bonita.

    You look pretty.

11. to stand

    Aqui estou.

    Here I stand.

Usage notes

• See ser.

Conjugation

    Conjugation of estar (irregular) (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	estar
Personal	estar	estares	estar	estarmos	estardes	estarem
Gerund
	estando
Past participle
Masculine	estado			—
Feminine	—			—
Indicative
Present	estou	estás	está	estamos	estais	estão
Imperfect	estava	estavas	estava	estávamos	estáveis	estavam
Preterite	estive	estiveste	esteve	estivemos	estivestes	estiveram
Pluperfect	estivera	estiveras	estivera	estivéramos	estivéreis	estiveram
Future	estarei	estarás	estará	estaremos	estareis	estarão
Conditional	estaria	estarias	estaria	estaríamos	estaríeis	estariam
Subjunctive
Present	esteja	estejas	esteja	estejamos	estejais	estejam
Imperfect	estivesse	estivesses	estivesse	estivéssemos	estivésseis	estivessem
Future	estiver	estiveres	estiver	estivermos	estiverdes	estiverem
Imperative
Affirmative		está	esteja	estejamos	estai	estejam
Negative (não)		não estejas	não esteja	não estejamos	não estejais	não estejam

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:estar.

Derived terms

• está bem
• estar a fim
• estar com
• estar fora de si
• estar frito
• estar para
• estar para nascer
• estar por
• estar por dentro
• estar por fora
• não estar com nada
• não estar nem aí

 

Related terms

• estábulo

See also

• ser
• ter
• haver

Spanish

Alternative forms

• tar (Latin America, nonstandard)

Etymology

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

• IPA^(key): /esˈtaɾ/ [esˈt̪aɾ]

• Audio (US):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: es‧tar

Verb

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, with por) to be to be done, to be (still) undone:

   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/a ― to be dead

   estar casado/a ― to be married (can also be ser casado)

   estar chico/a ― to be short (colloquially)

Usage notes

• See ser. Contrast also with quedar.

Conjugation

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.

    Conjugation of estar (irregular) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			estar
gerund			estando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		estado		estada
		plural		estados		estadas
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	estoy	estás	está	estamos	estáis	están
	imperfect	estaba	estabas	estaba	estábamos	estabais	estaban
	preterite	estuve	estuviste	estuvo	estuvimos	estuvisteis	estuvieron
	future	estaré	estarás	estará	estaremos	estaréis	estarán
	conditional	estaría	estarías	estaría	estaríamos	estaríais	estarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	esté	estés	esté	estemos	estéis	estén
	imperfect (ra)	estuviera	estuvieras	estuviera	estuviéramos	estuvierais	estuvieran
	imperfect (se)	estuviese	estuvieses	estuviese	estuviésemos	estuvieseis	estuviesen
	future1	estuviere	estuvieres	estuviere	estuviéremos	estuviereis	estuvieren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		está	esté	estemos	estad	estén
	negative		no estés	no esté	no estemos	no estéis	no estén

¹Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.

    Selected combined forms of estar (irregular)

These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
with infinitive estar
	dative	estarme	estarte	estarle, estarse	estarnos	estaros	estarles, estarse
	accusative	estarme	estarte	estarlo, estarla, estarse	estarnos	estaros	estarlos, estarlas, estarse
with gerund estando
	dative	estándome	estándote	estándole, estándose	estándonos	estándoos	estándoles, estándose
	accusative	estándome	estándote	estándolo, estándola, estándose	estándonos	estándoos	estándolos, estándolas, estándose
with informal second-person singular tú/vos imperative está
	dative	estame	estate	estale	estanos	not used	estales
	accusative	estame	estate	estalo, estala	estanos	not used	estalos, estalas
with formal second-person singular imperative esté
	dative	esteme	not used	estele, estese	estenos	not used	esteles
	accusative	esteme	not used	estelo, estela, estese	estenos	not used	estelos, estelas
with first-person plural imperative estemos
	dative	not used	estémoste	estémosle	estémonos	estémoos	estémosles
	accusative	not used	estémoste	estémoslo, estémosla	estémonos	estémoos	estémoslos, estémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative estad
	dative	estadme	not used	estadle	estadnos	estaos	estadles
	accusative	estadme	not used	estadlo, estadla	estadnos	estaos	estadlos, estadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative estén
	dative	estenme	not used	estenle	estennos	not used	estenles, estense
	accusative	estenme	not used	estenlo, estenla	estennos	not used	estenlos, estenlas, estense

    Conjugation of estarse (irregular) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			estarse
gerund			estándose
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		estado		estada
		plural		estados		estadas
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
personal non-finite		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	infinitive	estarme	estarte	estarse	estarnos	estaros	estarse
	gerund	estándome	estándote	estándose	estándonos	estándoos	estándose
indicative		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	me estoy	te estás	se está	nos estamos	os estáis	se están
	imperfect	me estaba	te estabas	se estaba	nos estábamos	os estabais	se estaban
	preterite	me estuve	te estuviste	se estuvo	nos estuvimos	os estuvisteis	se estuvieron
	future	me estaré	te estarás	se estará	nos estaremos	os estaréis	se estarán
	conditional	me estaría	te estarías	se estaría	nos estaríamos	os estaríais	se estarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	me esté	te estés	se esté	nos estemos	os estéis	se estén
	imperfect (ra)	me estuviera	te estuvieras	se estuviera	nos estuviéramos	os estuvierais	se estuvieran
	imperfect (se)	me estuviese	te estuvieses	se estuviese	nos estuviésemos	os estuvieseis	se estuviesen
	future1	me estuviere	te estuvieres	se estuviere	nos estuviéremos	os estuviereis	se estuvieren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		estate	estese	estémonos	estaos	estense
	negative		no te estés	no se esté	no nos estemos	no os estéis	no se estén

¹Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.

Derived terms

• aquí estamos
• cuarto de estar
• estar para
• sala de estar
• ya está
• ya que estamos

 

Related terms

• estación
• estadía
• estado
• estancia

 

Descendants

• → Bikol Central: istar
• → Hiligaynon: istar

See also

• ser

Further reading

• “estar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28