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English
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Middle English staren , from Old English starian ( “ to stare ” ) , from Proto-West Germanic *starēn , from Proto-Germanic *starjaną , *starāną ( “ to be fixed, be rigid ” ) , from Proto-Indo-European *ster- .
Cognate with Dutch staren ( “ to stare ” ) , German starren ( “ to stare ” ) , German starr ( “ stiff ” ) . More at start .
Verb
stare (third-person singular simple present stares , present participle staring , simple past and past participle stared )
( intransitive , followed by "at") To look fixedly (at something).
Synonyms: see Thesaurus:stare
1749 , [John Cleland ], “(Please specify the letter or volume) ”, in Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure [Fanny Hill ], London: for G. Fenton , →OCLC :Her sturdy stallion had now unbutton'd, and produced naked, stiff, and erect, that wonderful machine, which I had never seen before, and which, for the interest my own seat of pleasure began to take furiously in it, I star'd at with all the eyes I had
1913 , Mrs. Belloc Lowndes , chapter I, in The Lodger , London: Methuen , →OCLC ; republished in Novels of Mystery: The Lodger; The Story of Ivy; What Really Happened , New York, N.Y.: Longmans, Green and Co. , , , →OCLC , page 0016 :A great bargain also had been the excellent Axminster carpet which covered the floor; as, again, the arm-chair in which Bunting now sat forward, staring into the dull, small fire. In fact, that arm-chair had been an extravagance of Mrs. Bunting. She had wanted her husband to be comfortable after the day's work was done, and she had paid thirty-seven shillings for the chair.
( transitive ) To influence in some way by looking fixedly.
to stare a timid person into submission
( intransitive ) To be very conspicuous on account of size, prominence, colour, or brilliancy.
staring windows or colours
( intransitive , obsolete ) To stand out; to project; to bristle.
1599 (first performance), William Shakespeare , “The Tragedie of Iulius Cæsar ”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies (First Folio ), London: Isaac Iaggard , and Ed Blount , published 1623 , →OCLC , :Makest my blood cold, and my hair to stare .
1707 , John Mortimer , The whole Art of Husbandry, in the way of Managing and Improving of Land :Take off all the staring straws, twigs and jags in the hive.
Troponyms
gaze , to stare intently or earnestly
ogle , to stare covetously or amorously
Derived terms
Translations
to look fixedly
Afrikaans: aangaap (af)
Arabic: حَدَّقَ ( ḥaddaqa )
Bulgarian: гледам втренчено ( gledam vtrenčeno )
Catalan: mirar fixament
Chickasaw: okaapisa
Chinese:
Cantonese: 望 ( mong6 ) , 望 住 ( mong6 zyu6 )
Mandarin: 凝視 / 凝视 (zh) ( níngshì ) , 瞪眼 (zh) ( dèngyǎn ) , ( informal ) 盯 著 / 盯 着 ( dīng zhe )
Czech: zírat (cs)
Danish: glo , stirre
Dutch: staren (nl)
Esperanto: gapi (eo) , algapi , fikse rigardi
Finnish: tuijottaa (fi) , ( in an indifferent manner ) tuijotella (fi)
French: fixer (fr) , mirer (fr) ( literary or dated )
Galician: fitar (gl)
Georgian: მიშტერება ( mišṭereba ) , ცქერა ( ckera ) , მიჩერება ( mičereba )
German: starren (de) , anstarren (de) , beschnarchen (de)
Greek:
Ancient: ἀτενίζω ( atenízō )
Hebrew: בָּהָה (he)
Hungarian: bámul (hu)
Icelandic: stara (is) , glápa
Italian: fissare (it)
Japanese: 見詰める (ja) ( みつめる, mitsumeru ) , じろじろ 見る ( jirojiro-miru )
Kabuverdianu: ragala
Latin: conspicio
Malayalam: കണ്ണുരുട്ടുക ( kaṇṇuruṭṭuka ) ( to stare threateningly )
Maori: pao ( vacantly ) , titiro whakatau , ngangahu , titiro mākutu , whetē , tūnaua , whākanakana , whētētē , matatau , putē
Mari:
Eastern Mari: авалташ ( avaltaš )
Northern Sami: gaifát
Norwegian:
Bokmål: stirre (no) , glo (no) , glane (no)
Nynorsk: stire , glo , glane
Old English: starian
Persian: خیره نگریستن ( xire negaristan ) , هاژیدن (fa) ( hāžīdan )
Polish: gapić się (pl) , wpatrywać się (pl)
Portuguese: fitar (pt) , encarar (pt)
Russian: при́стально смотре́ть ( prístalʹno smotrétʹ ) , глазе́ть (ru) ( glazétʹ ) , тара́щиться (ru) ( taráščitʹsja ) ( colloquial ) , пя́литься (ru) ( pjálitʹsja ) ( colloquial ) , уста́виться (ru) ( ustávitʹsja ) ( colloquial )
Scottish Gaelic: dian-amhairc
Serbo-Croatian: zuriti (sh)
Spanish: mirar fijamente , quedarse mirando , vichar (es) , bichar (es) ( South America )
Swedish: stirra (sv) , glo (sv)
Turkish: dik dik bakmak (tr) ( sense : looking daggers too ) , gözünü dikmek , öküz gibi bakmak (tr) ( slang ) , öküzün trene baktığı gibi bakmak (tr) ( literally “ like a cow looks at the train ” ) ( slang )
Ukrainian: вдивля́тися (uk) ( vdyvljátysja ) , ви́тріщитися ( výtriščytysja )
to influence by looking fixedly
Noun
stare (plural stares )
A persistent gaze .
the stares of astonished passers-by
Derived terms
Translations
Etymology 2
From Middle English star , ster , from Old English stær ( “ starling ” ) , from Proto-Germanic *starô ( “ starling ” ) , from Proto-Indo-European *stor- ( “ starling ” ) .
Cognate with German Star ( “ starling ” ) , Danish stær ( “ starling ” ) , Swedish stare ( “ starling ” ) , Norwegian Nynorsk stare ( “ starling ” ) , Icelandic stari ( “ starling ” ) . Compare also Old English stearn ( “ a type of bird, starling ” ) .
Noun
stare (plural stares )
( now archaic ) A starling .
Synonyms: common starling , European starling
1634 , William Wood, “Of the Birds and Fowles both of Land and Water”, in New Englands Prospect. A True, Lively, and Experimentall Description of that Part of America, Commonly Called New England; , London: Tho Cotes , for Iohn Bellamie , , →OCLC , 1st part, page 29 :The Stares be bigger than thoſe in England , as blacke as Crovves, being the most troubleſome, and injurious bird of all others, pulling up the cornes by the roots, vvhen it is young, [ …]
See also
Further reading
Anagrams
teras , -aster , reast , earst , treas. , taser , setar , TASer , aster- , arste , Stear , sater , stear , aster , tares , Satre , tarse , Sater , arets , tears , resat , rates , Aerts , Aters , Tesar , 'earts , Taser
Dutch
Pronunciation
Verb
stare
( dated or formal ) singular present subjunctive of staren
Anagrams
Italian
Etymology
From Latin stāre . Cognate with Spanish estar and English state .
Pronunciation
IPA (key ) : /ˈsta.re/
Rhymes: -are
Hyphenation: stà‧re
Verb
stàre (first-person singular present ( with syntactic gemination after the verb ) stò , first-person singular past historic stétti or ( traditional ) stètti , past participle stàto , first-person singular future starò , first-person singular subjunctive stìa , first-person singular imperfect subjunctive stéssi , second-person singular imperative stài or stà' , auxiliary èssere ) ( intransitive )
to stay , remain
Synonyms: restare , rimanere
stare attenti (a) ― to pay attention (to)
(Lui/Lei/Egli/Ella/Esso/Essa) starà a casa. ― He/She/It will stay /remain at home.
to keep , stick
Synonym: attenersi
( followed by a gerund ) to be doing something (present continuous )
(Io) sto andando. ― I am going.
(Io) sto andando via/me ne sto andando. ― I am leaving.
to be up to
Synonyms: toccare , spettare
Sta a te decidere. ― It’s up to you to decide.
to be about to
(Io) sto per andare via. ― I am about to leave.
( mathematics ) to be in relation to, to stand in relation to (in English idiom applicable to statements of analogy and/or of mathematical relationship: "to be to")
4 sta a 8 come 5 sta a 10. ― 4 is to 8 as 5 is to 10.
( regional ) to live
Synonyms: vivere , abitare
Mia sorella sta a Roma. ― My sister lives in Rome.
to be in a certain condition
Synonym: essere
come stai (tu)? how are you?
stare a dieta significa ridurre le calorie di ingresso e aumentarne il consumo con il movimentobeing on a diet entails reducing calorie intake and increasing calories burned through exercise
Usage notes
The second person imperative (sta' ) has univerbated compound forms:
Conjugation
stàre
èssere
stàndo
stànte
stàto
indicative
io
tu
lui/lei, esso/essa
noi
voi
loro, essi/esse
present
stò 1
stài
stà 1
stiàmo
stàte
stànno
imperfect
stàvo
stàvi
stàva
stavàmo
stavàte
stàvano
past historic
stétti , stètti 2
stésti
stétte , stètte 2
stémmo
stéste
stéttero , stèttero 2
future
starò
starài
starà
starémo
staréte
starànno
conditional
starèi
starésti
starèbbe , starébbe
starémmo
staréste
starèbbero , starébbero
subjunctive
che io
che tu
che lui/che lei, che esso/che essa
che noi
che voi
che loro, che essi/che esse
present
stìa
stìa
stìa
stiàmo
stiàte
stìano
imperfect
stéssi
stéssi
stésse
stéssimo
stéste
stéssero
imperative
—
tu
Lei
noi
voi
Loro
stài , stà'
stìa
stiàmo
stàte
stìano
negative imperative
non stàre
non stìa
non stiàmo
non stàte
non stìano
Including lesser-used forms:
stàre
èssere
stàndo
stànte
stàto
indicative
io
tu
lui/lei, esso/essa
noi
voi
loro, essi/esse
present
stò 1
stài
stà 1
stiàmo
stàte
stànno
imperfect
stàvo
stàvi
stàva
stavàmo
stavàte
stàvano
past historic
stétti , stètti 4 , stièdi 5 , stiédi 5 , stéi 6 , stièi 6
stésti
stétte , stètte 4 , stiède 5 , stiéde 5 , stè 7 , stiè 7
stémmo
stéste
stéttero , stèttero 4 , stièdero 5 , stiédero 5 , stèttono 6 , stérono 6 , stièrono 6
future
starò
starài
starà
starémo
staréte
starànno
conditional
starèi
starésti
starèbbe , starébbe
starémmo
staréste
starèbbero , starébbero
subjunctive
che io
che tu
che lui/che lei, che esso/che essa
che noi
che voi
che loro, che essi/che esse
present
stìa , stèa 2
stìa , stìe 2
stìa , stèa 2 , stìe 2
stiàmo
stiàte
stìano , stèano 2
imperfect
stéssi
stéssi
stésse
stéssimo
stéste
stéssero
imperative
—
tu
Lei
noi
voi
Loro
stài , stà' , stà 1,3
stìa , stèa 2 , stìe 2
stiàmo
stàte
stìano , stèano 2
negative imperative
non stàre
non stìa , non stèa 2 , non stìe 2
non stiàmo
non stàte
non stìano , non stèano 2
Derived terms
Descendants
Anagrams
Latin
Verb
stāre
present active infinitive of stō
Lower Sorbian
Pronunciation
Adjective
stare
inflection of stary :
neuter nominative / accusative singular
nominative / accusative plural
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From Old Norse stari .
Pronunciation
Noun
stare m (definite singular staren , indefinite plural starar , definite plural starane )
a starling (a songbird , Sturnus vulgaris )
( dialectal , Southern Norway) a thrush
See also
References
Polish
Pronunciation
Adjective
stare
inflection of stary :
neuter nominative / accusative / vocative singular
nonvirile nominative / accusative / vocative plural
Romanian
Etymology
From sta + -re .
Pronunciation
Noun
stare f (plural stări )
status , standing , situation , position , condition
state
Declension
Derived terms
See also
References
Serbo-Croatian
Adjective
stare
inflection of star :
masculine accusative plural
feminine genitive singular
feminine nominative / accusative / vocative plural
Swedish
Etymology
From Old Norse stari , from Proto-Germanic *staraz , from Proto-Indo-European *storo- ( “ starling ” ) or *(s)tern- ( “ starling ” ) , same ultimate source as Old Prussian starnite ( “ gull ” ) .
Noun
stare c
starling (a bird)
Declension
Anagrams
Tarantino
Etymology
From Latin stāre .
Verb
stare
( intransitive ) to stay , remain
( intransitive ) to be
Conjugation
This verb needs an inflection-table template .