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No. 1,734 in Spanish

esteban

"Esteban" is a Spanish proper noun, equivalent to "Stephen" in English, often used as a male given name.

In a sentence

  • Esteban es un buen amigo.

    Esteban is a good friend.

    Here, the word 'Esteban' is used as a proper noun representing someone's name.

  • Se esteban preparando para la fiesta.

    They were preparing for the party.

    In this sentence, 'esteban' appears to be a typo or nonstandard usage, as the correct construction in proper Spanish uses 'estaban', indicating the third person plural of the past continuous tense.

  • Los lentes se esteban por romper.

    The glasses were about to break.

    Similarly, 'esteban' in this context seems misused; it should likely be 'estaban' to correctly align with standard Spanish grammar.

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