estar — meaning in English
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English meaning
Senses
estar is used for these senses in English:
- be Used with past participles of certain intransitive verbs to form the perfect aspect.
- be (often, impersonal, with it as a dummy subject) Used to indicate ambient conditions such as weather, light, noise or air quality.
- be (rare, and, regional, chiefly, in the past tense) Used to link two noun clauses: a day of the week, recurring date, month, or other specific time (on which the event of the main clause took place) and a period of time indicating how long ago that day was. [from 15th c.]
- be (with a cardinal numeral) Used to state the age of a subject in years.
- be To occupy a place.
- be (in perfect tenses) Elliptical form of "be here", "go to and return from" or similar, also extending to certain other senses of "go".
- be (now, usually, literary) To exist; to have real existence, to be alive.
- look (copulative) To give an appearance of being.
be — full definition
- verb To exist or to have a certain identity, quality, or state.
- verb Used with another verb to form continuing or passive actions.
look — full definition
- verb To direct one's eyes toward something in order to see it.
- verb To appear or seem in a particular way.
- verb To search for something.
- noun An act of directing one's eyes at something.
- noun A person's general appearance or style.