What does estar mean?
estar means to be in English. It is a irregular yo and accent patterns and one of the verbs Spanish learners should recognize quickly because it appears in everyday speech, stories, instructions, and classroom practice.
Learning a verb well means more than memorizing one form. You need to see how the verb changes with different subjects, how it behaves in the past, and how it sounds in practical sentences. This page gives you a compact reference for estar and connects it to related VerbyGo practice pages.
estar conjugation table
Use this table as a starting point for active recall. Cover one column, say the pronoun, and try to produce the form before checking the answer.
| Pronoun | Present | Preterite | Imperfect | Future |
|---|
| yo |
estoy |
estuve |
estaba |
estaré |
| tú |
estás |
estuviste |
estabas |
estarás |
| él / ella / usted |
está |
estuvo |
estaba |
estará |
| nosotros/as |
estamos |
estuvimos |
estabamos |
estaremos |
| ellos/as / ustedes |
están |
estuvieron |
estaban |
estarán |
Examples with estar
- Estoy listo para practicar. I am ready to practice.
- Ella estaba en casa. She was at home.
- Estaremos juntos mañana. We will be together tomorrow.
Read each example as a full sentence. This helps you connect the form to meaning, not just to a chart. If a form feels difficult, practice it with several pronouns before moving to a new tense.
Practice prompts
- Conjugate estar for yo in the present.
- Conjugate estar for ella in the preterite.
- Conjugate estar for nosotros/as in the imperfect.
- Write one sentence using estar in the future.
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