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

Portuguese

Alternative forms

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

Etymology

From Latin stat.

Pronunciation

 

  • Audio (Brazil (São Paulo)):(file)
  • Audio (Portugal (Porto)):(file)
  • 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

Spanish

Alternative forms

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