5.1 Estar with conditions and emotions

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As you learned in Lecciones 1 and 2, the verb estar is used to talk about how you feel and to say where people, places, and things are located.

Estar is also used with adjectives to talk about certain emotional and physical conditions.

5.1 Estar with conditions and emotions

Estar is used with adjectives to describe the physical condition of places and things.

La habitación está sucia. La puerta está cerrada.The room is dirty. The door is closed.

Estar is also used with adjectives to describe how people feel, both mentally and physically.

Estoy aburrida. ¿Quieren hacer algo?

I'm bored. Do you want to do something?

No, estoy cansada.

No, I'm tired.

5.1 Estar with conditions and emotions

Adjectives that describe emotions and conditions

abierto/a open

aburrido/a bored

alegre happy; joyful

avergonzado/a embarrassed

cansado/a tired

cerrado/a closed

cómodo/a comfortable

confundido/a confused

5.1 Estar with conditions and emotions

Adjectives that describe emotions and conditions

contento/a happy; content

desordenado/a disorderly

enamorado/a (de) in love (with)

enojado/a mad; angry

equivocado/a wrong

feliz happy

limpio/a clean

5.1 Estar with conditions and emotions

Adjectives that describe emotions and conditions

listo/a ready

nervioso/a nervous

ocupado/a busy

ordenado/a orderly

preocupado/a (por) worried (about)

seguro/a sure

sucio/a dirty

triste sad

5.1 Estar with conditions and emotions

¡ATENCIÓN!

Here are two important expressions with estar that you can use to talk about conditions and emotions:

estar de buen humor to be in a good mood

estar de mal humor to be in a bad mood

5.1 Estar with conditions and emotions

¡INTÉNTALO! Provide the present tense forms of estar, and choose which adjective best completes the sentence.

1. La biblioteca ___ (cerrada / nerviosa) los domingos por la noche.

2. Nosotros ___ muy (ocupados / equivocados) todos los lunes.

3. Ellas ___ (alegres / confundidas) porque tienen tiempo libre.

4. Javier ___ (enamorado / ordenado) de Maribel.

5. Diana ___ (enojada / limpia) con su novio.

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5.1 Estar with conditions and emotions

¡INTÉNTALO! Provide the present tense forms of estar, and choose which adjective best completes the sentence.

6. Yo ___(nerviosa / abierta) por el viaje.

7. La habitación ___ (ordenada / segura) cuando vienen sus padres.

8. Ustedes no comprenden; ___ (equivocados / tristes).

9. Marina y yo ___ (preocupados / aburridos) por el examen.

10. Usted ___ muy (cansado / sucio) los lunes por la mañana.

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