estar
Catalan
verb
Definitions
- (transitive) to be; to currently be in a state or have a characteristic Used to connect a noun to an adjective that describes a temporary state of being.
- (auxiliary)
- (intransitive) To be located to be in a place
Etymology
Inherited from Old Occitan estar inherited from Latin stāre (stand, stay, remain).
Origin
Latin
stāre
Gloss
stand, stay, remain
Concept
Semantic Field
Spatial relations
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- stare decisis English
- *stāticum Latin
- stāns Latin
- stāre Latin
- stare Italian
- estar Spanish, Castilian
- *steh₂- Proto-Indo-European
- estage Old French
- benestar Catalan, Valencian
- bé Catalan, Valencian
- estança Catalan, Valencian
- mal Catalan, Valencian
- malestar Catalan, Valencian
- sta Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- estar Old Portuguese
- stari Aromanian
- tar Asturian
- stâ Friulian
- estar Old Occitan
- star Venetian
- stur Dalmatian
- estar Ladino
- stà Istriot
- estar Aragonese
- stare Tarantino