Today’s Spanish word of the day is “estado”. It’s a masculine noun meaning “state”, both in the sense of a political state and in the sense of a state of being.
When referring to finances, it can translate as “statement”, for example “estado de cuenta” (“bank statement”).
In some contexts, it can also translate as “status”. For example, “estado civil” means “marital status”.
In fact, the Spanish word “estado” comes from Latin status, which could mean “condition”, “position” or “state”. This is also the root of English words such as “status”, “statement” and “state”.
Did you know?
The name for the United States of America in Spanish is Estados Unidos de América, or simply Estados Unidos.
The USA isn’t the only “United States” in the Americas though… The official Spanish name of Mexico is Estados Unidos Mexicanos (United Mexican States).
Example sentences
El estado de Tlaxcala es el más pequeño de México.
The state of Tlaxcala is the smallest in Mexico.
Mi estado civil es soltero.
My marital status is single.
Puedes acceder a tu estado de cuenta en línea.
You can access your statement online.
El estado de la economía en algunos países de América Latina ha mejorado en la última década.
The state of the economy in some Latin American countries has improved in the last decade.
Vivo en el estado de Texas.
I live in the state of Texas.
