está bien

Spanish

Spanish phrasebook

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /esˌta ˈbjen/ [esˌt̪a ˈβ̞jẽn]
• Syllabification: es‧tá bien

Phrase

está bien?

1. are you OK (formal)
2. is he/she OK

Related terms

• estás bien? (informal)

Further reading

• “está bien”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy, 2023 November 28