El Verbo "Estar" Flashcards

(84 cards)

1
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to feel comfortable with someone/something

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estar a gusto con algo/alguien

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to be at the height of, to be at the cutting edge of

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estar a la altura de

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3
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to be in fashion

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estar a la moda

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4
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to be for sale

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estar a la venta

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5
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to be in view, to be on display

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estar a la vista

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to be at someone’s beck and call, to be at someone’s feet

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estar a los pies de alguien

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7
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to be about to

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estar a punto de

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8
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to be on the doorstep [Fig.]

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estar al caer (estar al punto de llegar)

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9
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to be up-to-date (e.g. payments), to be informed

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estar al corriente

estar al día

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10
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to be in the care of

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estar al cuidado de

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to have had enough, to be at the end of one’s tether

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estar al límite (estar al punto de estallar)

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12
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to be on top of things [Fig.]

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estar al loro

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13
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to be ready to defend

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estar al quite (estar preparado para defender)

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14
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to be awake/alter

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estar alerta

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15
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to be that + adjective

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estar así de + adjetivo

e.g. está así de aburrido

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16
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to be attentive, to be concentrating, to be focussed

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estar atento

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to be attentive to, to be aware of, to be focussed on

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estar atento a

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18
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to be in good health

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estar bien de salud

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19
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to be horny/turned on

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estar caliente/cachondo

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20
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to be jealous of someone

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estar celoso de alguien

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21
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to be conscious of something

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estar consciente de algo

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22
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to be comprised of, to be made up of, to be represented by

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estar constituido por

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23
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to be over it [Col.]

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estar curado de espanto, estar curado de espantos

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24
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to be in a good mood

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estar de buen ánimo/humor

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to be celebrating a birthday
estar de cumpleaños
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to be partying
estar de fiesta
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to be in a bad mood/upset/angry
estar de morros
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to be lucky
estar de suerte
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to be to die for [Col.]
estar de vicio | e.g. esta lasaña está de vicio
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to laze around, to be idle [Col.]
estar de vicio
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to be back
estar de vuelta
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to be willing to, to be prepared to
estar dispuesto a
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to be on the way
estar en camino
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to be in heat
estar en celo
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to be in debt with someone
estar en deuda con alguien
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to be in exams
estar en examenes
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to be in shape
estar en forma
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to be in seventh heaven [Col.]
estar en la gloria
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to be in someone's hands
estar en las manos de alguien
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to be certain
estar en lo cierto
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to be correct
estas en lo correcto
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to keep one's word to stand by what one has said [Col.]
estar en lo dicho (reanimación de compromiso) | e.g. estoy en lo dicho, no pienso cambiar de opinión
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to be in it's infancy
estar en pañales
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to be at peace
estar en paz
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to have every right to, to be within rights to
estar en su derecho
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to be written in the stars, to be in the cards [Col.]
estar escrito (estar predestinado)
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to be exhausted [Col.]
estar frito
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to be out of one's mind [Col.], to be very-angry
estar fuera de quicio | e.g. mi padre está fuera de quicio y dando voces como un poseso
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to have had it up to here
estar hasta el cuello | estar hasta aquí
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to be a bundle of nerves
estar hecho un manojo de nervios | ser un manojo de nervios
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to be drenched, to be soaked [Col]
estar hecho una sopa
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to be on cloud nine, to be over the mood
estar hecho unas pascuas
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to be invited to something
estar invitado a algo
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to be involved in
estar involucrado en
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to be mad about, to be crazy about
estar loco por
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to have a bad (+ body part)
estar mal de (+ miembro u órgano)
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to be mental, to not be right in the head
estar mal de la cabeza
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to be in trouble, to be in a sticky situation
estar metido en un lío
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to be mad about, to be crazy about someone
estar muero por alguien | e.g. estoy muerta por él
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to be on it's last legs
estar para el tigre
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to be up against the wall
estar pegado a la pared
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to be on the lookout for, to be waiting for, to look after something
estar pendiente de
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to be ignored
estar pintado
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to be rotten/decomposed
estar podrido
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to be stinking rich [Col.]
estar podrido de dinero (tener abundancia)
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to be about to (+ infinitive), to be yet to (+ infinitive)
estar por (+ infinitivo)
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to feel like/to be tempted to (+ present participle)
estar por (+ participio presente)
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to be for someone, to like someone***
estar por alguien | e.g. si no estuviera por mi acabarías viviendo en la calle
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to be getting (+ adjective)
estar quedando (+ adjective)
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to be witty, to be sharp as a tack
estar sembrado [Col.], (estar ingenioso)
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to be unconscious
estar sin conocimiento
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to be broke
estar sin un cobre | estar sin un duro
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to be hard of hearing
estar teniente [Col.], (estar sordo)
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to be on time
estar a tiempo
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to be at each other's throats [Col.]
estar zarpa a la greña [Col.]
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all this about (+ present participle)
esto de estar (+ gerundio) | esto de andar (+ gerundio)
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to be in a position to
no estar en condiciones de (+ infinitivo)
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to not be in line with, to not be in keeping with, to not be in tune with
no estar en consonancia con
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to not in be a position to
no estar en posición de
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to not be in one's right mind
no estar en sus cabales (estar enajenado)
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to not be in the mood for jokes
no estar para bromas (estar enfadado)
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to not be into any one [Col.]
no estar para nadie
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to not feel like it, to not feel up for it
no estar por la labor
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to be at your best
estar a tope