stare

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From Old English ang.

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Infinitive
to stare

Third person singular
stares

Simple past
stared

Past participle
stared

Present participle
staring

to stare (third-person singular simple present stares, present participle staring, simple past and past participle stared)

  1. (intransitive, construed with at) To look fixedly (at something).

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Singular
stare

Plural
stares

stare (plural stares)

  1. A persistent gaze.

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Latin

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stare (intransitive)

  1. To stay, to remain.
  2. To be.
  3. To live.
    • Mia sorella sta a Roma. - My sister lives in Rome.
  4. (followed by a) To keep or stick.
  5. (followed by a) To be up to.
    • Sta a te decidere. - It's up to you to decide.
  6. (mathematics) To be.
    • 4 sta a 8 come 5 sta a 10. - 4 is to 8 as 5 is to 10.

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infinitive stare
auxiliary verb essere gerund stando
present participle stante past participle stato
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative io tu lui/lei noi voi essi/esse
present sto stai sta stiamo state stanno
imperfect stavo stavi stava stavamo stavate stavano
past historic stetti stesti stette stemmo steste stettero
future starò starai starà staremo starete staranno
conditional io tu lui/lei noi voi essi/esse
present starei staresti starebbe staremmo stareste starebbero
subjunctive che io che tu che lui/che lei che noi che voi che essi/che esse
present stia stia stia stiamo stiate stiano
imperfect stessi stessi stesse stessimo steste stessero
imperative - tu lui/lei noi voi essi/esse
sta, sta', stai stia stiamo state stiano



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stāre

  1. present active infinitive of stō.

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stare

  1. Neuter form of stary

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stare c.

Inflection for stare Singular Plural
common Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Base form stare staren starar stararna
Possessive form stares starens starars stararnas
  1. starling