Portuguese

Alternative forms

• estaõ (obsolete)

Verb

estão

1. Third-person plural (eles, elas, also used with vocês^?) present indicative of estar
   • 2005, Lya Wyler (translator), J. K. Rowling (English author), Harry Potter e o Enigma do Príncipe (Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince), Rocco, page 100:

     Se ao menos a gente pudesse ouvir o que estão dizendo!

     If at least we could hear what they're saying!