What does, Ya esta mean?

Question

Literal translation please?

So is it past tense or present tense? Like I am done now or it is done? - twitterchick, May 20, 2011

Answer 1

It's done.

Thank you. - twitterchick, May 19, 2011

Yours is the best translation & follows w/ the use of this phrase on coffee break psanish #37 at the very end when Kara says "ya esta" - t8805jg, Mar 31, 2012

Answer 2

Literal translation?

Already (it) is.

Can it also mean, He's already here/there? (I ask because "No está" can mean "He's not here") - webdunce, May 19, 2011

That would be the translation to "No está". To me, they are as different as day and night. - lazarus1907, May 19, 2011

So, "¿Cuándo llegará el doctor? Ya lo he esperado hace 20 minutos." could *not* be answered with "Lo siento. Ya está."? You'd have to say, "Ya está aquí"...or something else? - webdunce, May 19, 2011

Answer 3

Concerning the "already" scenario, "Ya está" is closer to "It´s ready."

"Aready" by itself is "ya" by itself.

Also very common in Mexico is "Ya estuvo" for "It´s ready." Conjugated incorrectly and it´s idiomatic - 005faa61, May 19, 2011

*scenario - webdunce, May 19, 2011

Thanks, Webdunce - 005faa61, May 20, 2011

Answer 4

hmmm

I have always equated "Already" with "OK" and "Ya está!"

Consider this:

You are doing the last finishing touch to your painting, and once done you say "Already!"

Ain't that how's used?

In this case, "It´s ready!" - 005faa61, May 19, 2011

Basically, no. In British, you might declare 'finished' and in American 'done'. Already is ya in the context of something having been done previously. All ready would be todo listo o todos listos... - afowen, May 20, 2011

Answer 5

This past semester my teacher from Spain would always use this phrase after explaining something that she thought was simple. Like "Thats it, see how easy it is!"

Answer 6

Also "Already!"

Answer 7

Then, I must be dreaming, or I am too old.

May both!

Answer 8

Ya está to me would mean, in the correct context: 'Are you/is he/she/it already there?'. ¡Ya!

Answer 9

If you finished a picture, you wouldn't say, "Already!".

You would use that word if you were a kid having fun at the beach and your parents said it was time to go. You might yell back to them, "We have to go already??".

If you just finished that picture, you might say... "It's all done!".