está bem

phrase

The verdict

“está bem” is uncommon Portuguese (outside the top frequency list), classed as a phrase. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency Portuguese
8
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - expressa concordância

Corpus desk

Index PT-esta-bem · está bem · Portuguese

está bem · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "E" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Key facts for está bem
PropertyValue
Headwordestá bem
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechPhrase
Letters8
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cauda longa: rank de “está bem” em português

está bemnão entra no top 100.000 do português: zona de termos técnicos, arcaicos ou escassos.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

está bem is uncommon Portuguese outside the top frequency list, classed as aphrase. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

está bem has no tracked misspelling variants, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Portuguese form is está bem, spelled E-S-T-Á- -B-E-M.

Definition

  1. 1
    expressa concordância
  2. 2
    expressa o desejo que o interlocutor responda ou interlocutores respondam se se está em concordância, se há entendimento
  3. 3
    expressa que se está num estado ponderado e que se segue um raciocínio circunstancial

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how está bem appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Você vai fazer a lição antes de assistir TV, está bem?
  2. Deixa eu ver qual que eu quero, está bem, eu quero o azul com faixa branca e o rosa com pintas pretas.

Synonyms

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "está bem"?
"está bem" is spelled E-S-T-Á- -B-E-M.
What does "está bem" mean?
As a phrase, "está bem" means: expressa concordância
What language does "está bem" come from?
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list