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yacer
     1. v. to lie; to recline
estar
     1. v. to be (have a temporary or permanent location in space)
           ¿Dónde estás? - Where are you?
           Estoy en casa. - I am at home.
     2. v. to be (denotes a copula, in a transient fashion)
           El tiempo estaba frío/caliente. - The weather was cold/hot back then.
           ¿Estás feliz? - Are you happy right now?
     3. v. to be (auxiliary verb for the progressive/continuous aspect, preceding the gerund of the verb)
           Ella está cantando. - She is singing.
     4. v. to be in a state (in a passive voice sense)
           Los vasos están rotos. - The vases are broken. (In passive voice with estar, unlike haber, its past participle agrees with number and gender of the subject)
           Llegaron y vieron que el hotel estaba abandonado. - They arrived and saw the hotel was abandoned.
     5. v. to be, stay (denotes a copula, in a transient fashion)
           Estense callados y quietos. - Stay quiet and not moving.
     6. v. to be to be done, to be (still) undone:
           Esto todavía está por hacer. - This is still to be done.
           Lo peor está por llegar. - The worst part is yet to come.
     7. v. to be in a long-term state (in specific idioms)
           estar muerto/a - to be dead
           estar casado/a - to be married (can also be ser casado)
           estar chico/a - to be short (colloquially)
acostado
     1. adj. recumbent, lying
     2. Participle. past participle of acostar
     acostar
          1. v. to lay
          2. v. to put to bed
                Ya es hora de acostar a los niños. - It's time to put the children to bed.
          3. v. (nautical) to land, put in, berth
          4. v. to arrive at the coast
          5. v. to go to bed, to lie down
                Se acuesta temprano pero tarda en dormirse. - He goes to bed early but it takes him a long time to get to sleep.
          6. v. to sleep with
                Pablo sospecha que su mujer se acuesta con otro. - Pablo suspects his wife is sleeping with another man.
estar
     1. v. to be (have a temporary or permanent location in space)
           ¿Dónde estás? - Where are you?
           Estoy en casa. - I am at home.
     2. v. to be (denotes a copula, in a transient fashion)
           El tiempo estaba frío/caliente. - The weather was cold/hot back then.
           ¿Estás feliz? - Are you happy right now?
     3. v. to be (auxiliary verb for the progressive/continuous aspect, preceding the gerund of the verb)
           Ella está cantando. - She is singing.
     4. v. to be in a state (in a passive voice sense)
           Los vasos están rotos. - The vases are broken. (In passive voice with estar, unlike haber, its past participle agrees with number and gender of the subject)
           Llegaron y vieron que el hotel estaba abandonado. - They arrived and saw the hotel was abandoned.
     5. v. to be, stay (denotes a copula, in a transient fashion)
           Estense callados y quietos. - Stay quiet and not moving.
     6. v. to be to be done, to be (still) undone:
           Esto todavía está por hacer. - This is still to be done.
           Lo peor está por llegar. - The worst part is yet to come.
     7. v. to be in a long-term state (in specific idioms)
           estar muerto/a - to be dead
           estar casado/a - to be married (can also be ser casado)
           estar chico/a - to be short (colloquially)
tumbado
     1. adj. lying down
     2. Participle. past participle of tumbar
     tumbar
          1. v. to knock over, tip (make fall)
          2. v. to fall
          3. v. to lie down
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