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estar
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estar
verbto be
I'm at home now.
More examples
Hola, ¿cómo estás hoy?
Hi, how are you today?
Mis padres estaban muy cansados anoche.
My parents were very tired last night.
Phrases
- estar de acuerdo
- to agree
- estar a punto de
- to be about to
Estar is for location and temporary states: estoy en Madrid, estoy cansado. Ser is for what something is.
Related
participio: estadogerundio: estando
Presente
Now and habits · I am
Pretérito
Finished past: yesterday, last year · I was
Imperfecto
Ongoing or habitual past · I used to be, I was being
Futuro
Future · I will be
Blue = ending · highlighted = irregular, learn it · dotted = spelling change