está

See also: Appendix:Variations of "esta"

Galician

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɪsˈtaː/
• Rhymes: -a
• Hyphenation: es‧tá

Verb

está

1. inflection of estar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

   Non sabes que está ocupado?

   Don't you know he is busy?

2. inflection of estar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

• Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “estar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• “estar”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2026
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “estar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “está”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• tá (eye dialect or nonstandard)
• està (obsolete)

Etymology

From Latin stat.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /isˈta/, /esˈta/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /isˈta/, /esˈta/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /iʃˈta/, /eʃˈta/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /esˈta/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /(i)ʃˈta/

• Audio (Brazil (São Paulo)):

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• Rhymes: -a
• Homophone: estar (Brazil) (with -r dropping)
• Hyphenation: es‧tá

Verb

está

1. inflection of estar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative
   • 2003, J. K. Rowling, Lia Wyler, Harry Potter e a Ordem da Fênix, Rocco, page 546:

     Está na hora de testarmos os nossos talentos no mundo real, você não acha?

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

2. inflection of estar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative
   • 2005, J. K. Rowling, translated by Lia Wyler, Harry Potter e o Enigma do Príncipe [Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince] (Harry Potter; 6), Rio de Janeiro: Rocco, →ISBN, page 228:

     Você está me chamando de maluco?

     Are you calling me crazy?

Spanish

Alternative forms

• etá, stá, ta, tá (informal)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /esˈta/ [esˈt̪a]
• Rhymes: -a
• Syllabification: es‧tá

Verb

está

1. inflection of estar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative
   3. second-person singular voseo imperative