estava
See also: estävä
Catalan
Pronunciation
Verb
estava
- first/third-person singular imperfect indicative of estar
Galician
Verb
estava
- (reintegrationist norm) first/third-person singular imperfect indicative of estar
Portuguese
Alternative forms
- tava (colloquial)
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /isˈta.vɐ/, /esˈta.vɐ/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /iʃˈta.vɐ/, /eʃˈta.vɐ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /esˈta.va/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /(i)ʃˈta.vɐ/
- (Northern Portugal) IPA(key): /(i)ʃˈta.bɐ/ [(i)ʃˈta.βɐ]
- Rhymes: -avɐ
Verb
estava
- first/third-person singular imperfect indicative of estar
- 2005, J. K. Rowling, translated by Lia Wyler, Harry Potter e o Enigma do Príncipe [Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince] (Harry Potter; 6), Rio de Janeiro: Rocco, →ISBN, page 184:
- Eu estava na esperança de encontrá-lo antes do jantar!
- I was hoping to meet you before dinner!
- first/third-person singular imperfect indicative of estar
- 2003, J. K. Rowling, Lia Wyler, Harry Potter e a Ordem da Fênix, Rocco, page 227:
- Pensei que você tivesse dito que ela estava só mandando você escrever!
- I thought that you have said that she was just ordering you to write!
Spanish
Verb
estava
- obsolete spelling of estaba