estarse
Spanish, verb/esˈtaɾse/
estarse is spelled E-S-T-A-R-S-E (7 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written Spanish, the 38,543rd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Estarse is a Spanish verb meaning “infinitive of estar combined with se” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Detenerse, tardarse o permanecer en alguna actividad, posición o lugar”.
What does estarse mean in English?
verb
- 1
infinitive of estar combined with se
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Detenerse, tardarse o permanecer en alguna actividad, posición o lugar.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of estarse
- haberse estado impersonal infinitive
- estándose impersonal gerund
- habiéndose estado impersonal gerund
- estado impersonal participle
- me estoy first-person singular indicative
- te estás second-person singular indicative
- se está third-person singular indicative
- nos estamos first-person plural indicative
- os estáis second-person plural indicative
- se están third-person plural indicative
- me estaba first-person singular indicative
- te estabas second-person singular indicative
- se estaba third-person singular indicative
- nos estábamos first-person plural indicative
- os estabais second-person plural indicative
- se estaban third-person plural indicative
- me estuve first-person singular indicative
- te estuviste second-person singular indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce estarse?
- /esˈtaɾse/
- [esˈt̪aɾ.se]
- [esˈt̪aɾse]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is estarse in Spanish?
estarse appears about once in every 1 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).