What estar is for

Explanation

Estar covers: location (el banco está cerca), physical and emotional states (estoy enfermo, está contenta), results (la puerta está abierta), and estar + gerund for actions in progress.

Some adjectives shift meaning between ser and estar: es listo (clever) / está listo (ready); es aburrido (boring) / está aburrido (bored).

A useful summary: estar is for things that can change — where something is, how someone feels, the result of an action, and what is happening right now. Crucially, location of a thing or person is always estar (el museo está en el centro), but the location of an event is ser (el concierto es en el museo).

Examples

Related rules

• Ser vs Estar
• The progressive: estar + gerund