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estar meaning in English

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estar verb

be(occupy a place)
verb
[UK: bi] [US: bi]

estar a la altura verb

live up(to fulfil the expectations placed upon)
verb
[UK: laɪv ʌp] [US: ˈlaɪv ʌp]

estar a la bartola verb

laze(be lazy, waste time)
verb
[UK: leɪz] [US: leɪz]

loaf [loafed, loafing, loafs](do nothing)
verb
[UK: ləʊf] [US: loʊf]

slack [slacked, slacking, slacks](to refuse to exert effort)
verb
[UK: slæk] [US: sˈlæk]

estar a la vez en la procesión y repicando las campanas verb

have one's cake and eat it too(to seek to have two things which are mutually incompatible)
verb

estar acostado verb

lie [lied, lying, lies](be in horizontal position)
verb
[UK: laɪ] [US: ˈlaɪ]

estar ahí verb

be thereverb

estar al acecho verb

lie in wait(to be hiding to ambush)
verb

estar al loro verb

watch out(to use caution)
verb

estar al pedo verb

waste time(allow time to elapse in an unproductive manner)
verb
[UK: weɪst ˈtaɪm] [US: ˈweɪst ˈtaɪm]

estar al rojo vivo verb

glow [glowed, glowing, glows](to give off light from heat or to emit light as if heated)
verb
[UK: ɡləʊ] [US: ˈɡloʊ]

estar aletargado verb

slumber [slumbered, slumbering, slumbers](to be inactive or negligent)
verb
[UK: ˈslʌm.bə(r)] [US: sˈlʌm.bər]

estar ansioso por verb

fiend(be desperate for something)
verb
[UK: fiːnd] [US: ˈfiːnd]

estar apegado a verb

cling [clung, clinging, clings]((figuratively) feel strongly about)
verb
[UK: kl̩ɪŋ] [US: ˈkl̩ɪŋ]

estar atento verb
{m}

pay attention(to be attentive)
verb
[UK: peɪ ə.ˈten.ʃn̩] [US: ˈpeɪ ə.ˈten.ʃn̩]

estar cantado noun

foregone conclusion(predictable or inevitable conclusion)
noun
[UK: fɔː.ˈɡɒn kən.ˈkluːʒ.n̩] [US: ˈfɔːr.ˌɡɒn kən.ˈkluːʒ.n̩]

estar cavando su propia sepultura phrase

like turkeys voting for Christmas(of an action: self-defeating or serving to bring about a situation detrimental to the person performing the action)
phrase

estar cavando su sepultura phrase

like turkeys voting for Christmas(of an action: self-defeating or serving to bring about a situation detrimental to the person performing the action)
phrase

estar con un pie en el hoyo verb

have one foot in the graveverb

estar con un pie en el sepulcro verb

have one foot in the graveverb

estar con un pie en la sepultura verb

have one foot in the graveverb

estar con un pie en la tumba verb

have one foot in the graveverb

estar criando malvas adjective

pushing up daisies((euphemism) dead)
adjective

estar cuajado verb

crawl [crawled, crawling, crawls](to teem or swarm)
verb
[UK: krɔːl] [US: ˈkrɒl]

estar curado de espanto verb

have been aroundverb

estar de acuerdo verb

agree [agreed, agreeing, agrees](harmonize in opinion; be in unison or concord; be united; concur)
verb
[UK: ə.ˈɡriː] [US: ə.ˈɡriː]

concur [concurred, concurring, concurs](To unite or agree)
verb
[UK: kənˈk.ɜː(r)] [US: kənˈk.ɝː]

estar de cuajado verb

crawl [crawled, crawling, crawls](to teem or swarm)
verb
[UK: krɔːl] [US: ˈkrɒl]

estar de luto verb

mourn [mourned, mourning, mourns](express sadness for, grieve over)
verb
[UK: mɔːn] [US: ˈmɔːrn]

estar de relax verb

relax [relaxed, relaxing, relaxes](to relieve (something) from stress)
verb
[UK: rɪ.ˈlæks] [US: rə.ˈlæks]

estar de uñas preposition

at each other's throats(in mutual conflict)
preposition

estar de vuelta de todo verb

have been aroundverb

estar echado verb

lie [lied, lying, lies](be in horizontal position)
verb
[UK: laɪ] [US: ˈlaɪ]

estar en Babia verb

daydream [daydreamed, daydreaming, daydreams](to have such a series of thoughts)
verb
[UK: ˈdeɪ.driːm] [US: ˈdeɪ.ˌdrim]

estar en boca de todos noun

talk of the town(a topic or person discussed by many people)
noun
[UK: ˈtɔːk əv ðə taʊn] [US: ˈtɔːk əv ðə ˈtaʊn]

estar en brama verb

rut [rutted, rutting, ruts](to be in the annual rut)
verb
[UK: rʌt] [US: ˈrət]

estar en celo verb

rut [rutted, rutting, ruts](to be in the annual rut)
verb
[UK: rʌt] [US: ˈrət]

estar en deuda verb

owe [owed, owing, owes](to be in debt)
verb
[UK: əʊ] [US: ˈoʊ]

estar en la mira preposition

under fire(criticized for something)
preposition
[UK: ˈʌnd.ə(r) ˈfaɪə(r)] [US: ˈʌnd.r̩ ˈfaɪər]

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