grammar.verbs.estar-uses
What estar is for
Location of things and people, states and conditions, results of change, and the progressive: está en casa, está cansada, está roto, está lloviendo.
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Explicación
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).
Ejemplos
Where are you right now?
Región: global
The soup is cold.
Región: global
I'm at the office, but I'm exhausted and the printer is broken.
Región: global