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stare

Pronunciation: /ˈsta.re/

“stare” is an Italian word. Its 8 meanings in English:

verb

  1. to stay, remain
  2. to keep, stick
  3. to be doing something (present continuous)
  4. to be up to
  5. to be about to
  6. to be in relation to, to stand in relation to (in English idiom applicable to statements of analogy and/or of mathematical relationship: "to be to")
  7. to live
  8. to be in a certain condition

In Italian

  1. essere in un posto senza muoversi
  2. essere in una determinata condizione
  3. avere una relazione amorosa
  4. vivere in un luogo
  5. avere una responsabilità specifica in merito ad un lavoro, a business, ad affari in genere oppure per quanto concerne qualsiasi compito preciso

Etymology

Inherited from Latin stāre. Cognate with Spanish estar and English state.

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