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estar to be (have a temporary or permanent location in space); to be present

estar is the #20 most common word in Spanish, a verb. It means “to be (have a temporary or permanent location in space); to be present” and is pronounced /esˈtaɾ/.

#20frequency rank
0.67%of everyday Spanish text
Level 1Beginner 1

Forms of estar

FormWhat it isMeaning
estoyI · presentI am
estuveI · pastI was
estadopast participlebeen
estarinfinitiveto be
estando-ing formbeing
estadosingular · past participlebeen
estadasingular · past participlebeen
estadosplural · past participlebeen
estadasplural · past participlebeen
estásyou · presentyou are
estáhe/she · presenthe/she is
estamoswe · presentwe are
estáisyou (pl.) · presentyou (pl.) are
estánthey · presentthey are
estabaI · imperfectI used to be
estabasyou · imperfectyou used to be
estabahe/she · imperfecthe/she used to be
estábamoswe · imperfectwe used to be
estabaisyou (pl.) · imperfectyou (pl.) used to be
estabanthey · imperfectthey used to be
estuvisteyou · pastyou were
estuvohe/she · pasthe/she was
estuvimoswe · pastwe were
estuvisteisyou (pl.) · pastyou (pl.) were
estuvieronthey · pastthey were
estaréI · futureI will be
estarásyou · futureyou will be
estaráhe/she · futurehe/she will be
estaremoswe · futurewe will be
estaréisyou (pl.) · futureyou (pl.) will be
estaránthey · futurethey will be
estaríaI · conditionalI would be
estaríasyou · conditionalyou would be
estaríahe/she · conditionalhe/she would be
estaríamoswe · conditionalwe would be
estaríaisyou (pl.) · conditionalyou (pl.) would be
estaríanthey · conditionalthey would be
estéI · subjunctive present(that) I be
estésyou · subjunctive present(that) you be
estéhe/she · subjunctive present(that) he/she be
estemoswe · subjunctive present(that) we be
estéisyou (pl.) · subjunctive present(that) you (pl.) be
esténthey · subjunctive present(that) they be
estuvieraI · subjunctive imperfect(if) I were
estuvierasyou · subjunctive imperfect(if) you were
estuvierahe/she · subjunctive imperfect(if) he/she were
estuviéramoswe · subjunctive imperfect(if) we were
estuvieraisyou (pl.) · subjunctive imperfect(if) you (pl.) were

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