Is the "estar" command ever used?

Question

Hola a todos.

Just a quick and curious question I have: Is telling someone "está/esté..." ever used? I know "ser" is used for telling people "to be [something]" no matter if it's conditional or permanent like "¡sé feliz!", but what about with "estar"? Also, if you want, could you provide examples?

Gracias.

Answer 1

Yes you can use "Estar" as a command.

"¡Esté aquí a las dos de la tarde!" Be here at two pm. (polite form)

"¡Está aquí a las dos de la tarde!" Be here a two pm. (familiar form)

Esté aquí a las dos de la tarde is correct, Está aqui a las los de la tarde isn´t. Be here at two pm aound like an order, use Debes estar aquí a las dos de la tarde (debes means "you must" - EleRo, May 16, 2016

Sound like an order, no aound, my bad - EleRo, May 16, 2016

Commands or "imperatives" are orders! You can check my work in the grammar section of this site. I never, ever post something that I can not back up from a respected source. - Daniela2041, May 16, 2016

thanks Daniela. - cmusba, May 16, 2016

You missunderstood, i wanted to say that i write wrong "sound like an order ", I write "aound " - EleRo, May 16, 2016

Answer 2

"¡Estate quieto y ya no me sigues molestando!" Very common with moms of active children.

Answer 3

You can use the imperative form of the estar as a command with the usted form esté., but for the tu form you must use the pronominal form of está that is estate.

Esté aqui. Estate aqui.

Personally I wouldn't use esté aqui I would use permanezca aqui . I think is more polite. - 000a35ff, May 16, 2016

Lol. I just realized that polite in basque means beautiful. I think is more polite. Creo que es mas educado "bonito" courious. - 000a35ff, May 16, 2016

Thanks. And I think it's awesome that you speak Basque! - cmusba, May 16, 2016

Answer 4

Yes, it does, here are some examples: La niña está triste, porque no pudo comer helado como postre. The girl is sad, because she couldn´t eat ice cream as dessert. Únicamente el que esté sentado, tendrá derecho al postre. Only who's sitted (I don't know if that´s the right word, that many people are sit) have the right for eating dessert

The OP was asking about the "command" form. - Daniela2041, May 16, 2016

My bad, sorry - EleRo, May 16, 2016

Answer 5

Of course! Many great examples above but I will add a couple common ones: No estés triste! No estés brava/o