# Estar in the present: estoy, estás, está

> id: conjugation.present.irregular-estar · category: conjugation · depth: standard · levels: A1 · review: internally_reviewed

**Summary.** Estoy, estás, está, estamos, estáis, están — note the -oy in yo and the written accents on the stressed endings.

Estar is nearly regular in shape but stressed on the endings throughout, which produces written accents: estás, está, están. The yo form takes -oy: estoy.

That final stress means the vos form is identical to the tú form: vos estás.

Estar covers states, conditions, locations, and the progressive (estoy trabajando); identity and definition belong to ser.

## Examples
- Estoy en casa. — I'm at home.
- ¿Cómo estás? — How are you?
- Estamos cansados. — We're tired.

Related: grammar.verbs.ser-estar, conjugation.preterite.irregular-u-stems, conjugation.progressive.estar-gerund

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