conjugation.present.irregular-estar

Estar in the present: estoy, estás, está

Estoy, estás, está, estamos, estáis, están — note the -oy in yo and the written accents on the stressed endings.

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Explanation

Estar is nearly regular in shape but stressed on the endings throughout, which produces written accents: estás, está, están. The yo form takes -oy: estoy.

That final stress means the vos form is identical to the tú form: vos estás.

Estar covers states, conditions, locations, and the progressive (estoy trabajando); identity and definition belong to ser.

Examples

Estoy en casa.
I'm at home.

Region: global

¿Cómo estás?
How are you?

Region: global

Estamos cansados.
We're tired.

Region: global

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