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SPANISH VERB

estar en completa

to be fully dilated

  • Irregular -ar verb
  • Gerund: estando en completa
  • Past participle: estado en completa

Conjugation

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Present

Presente · now, habits and facts

  1. yo I am fully dilated
  2. tú you are fully dilated
  3. usted, él, ella he/she is fully dilated
  4. nosotros we are fully dilated
  5. vosotros Spain you all are fully dilated
  6. ustedes, ellos, ellas they are fully dilated

Past

Pretérito indefinido · finished actions

  1. yo I was fully dilated
  2. tú you were fully dilated
  3. usted, él, ella he/she was fully dilated
  4. nosotros we were fully dilated
  5. vosotros Spain you all were fully dilated
  6. ustedes, ellos, ellas they were fully dilated

Imperfect

Pretérito imperfecto · “used to” and “was …ing”

  1. yo I used to be fully dilated
  2. tú you used to be fully dilated
  3. usted, él, ella he/she used to be fully dilated
  4. nosotros we used to be fully dilated
  5. vosotros Spain you all used to be fully dilated
  6. ustedes, ellos, ellas they used to be fully dilated

Future

Futuro · plans and promises; in speech, “voy a hablar” is just as common

  1. yo I will be fully dilated
  2. tú you will be fully dilated
  3. usted, él, ella he/she will be fully dilated
  4. nosotros we will be fully dilated
  5. vosotros Spain you all will be fully dilated
  6. ustedes, ellos, ellas they will be fully dilated

Conditional

Condicional · “would”

  1. yo I would be fully dilated
  2. tú you would be fully dilated
  3. usted, él, ella he/she would be fully dilated
  4. nosotros we would be fully dilated
  5. vosotros Spain you all would be fully dilated
  6. ustedes, ellos, ellas they would be fully dilated

Present subjunctive

Presente de subjuntivo · wishes, doubts, “que …”

  1. yo (that) I be fully dilated
  2. tú (that) you be fully dilated
  3. usted, él, ella (that) he/she be fully dilated
  4. nosotros (that) we be fully dilated
  5. vosotros Spain (that) you all be fully dilated
  6. ustedes, ellos, ellas (that) they be fully dilated

Past subjunctive

Imperfecto de subjuntivo · “if I were”, “si …”

  1. yo (if) I were fully dilated
  2. tú (if) you were fully dilated
  3. usted, él, ella (if) he/she were fully dilated
  4. nosotros (if) we were fully dilated
  5. vosotros Spain (if) you all were fully dilated
  6. ustedes, ellos, ellas (if) they were fully dilated

Imperative

Imperativo · requests and orders; a negative one uses the subjunctive (no hables)

  1. tú be fully dilated!
  2. usted be fully dilated! (formal)
  3. nosotros be fully dilated! (let’s)
  4. vosotros Spain be fully dilated! (all of you)
  5. ustedes be fully dilated! (all of you)

How to use estar en completa

One sentence for each tense, the way people say it.

  1. Present

    Avisa a la matrona, la paciente ya está en completa.

    Call the midwife, the patient is fully dilated.

  2. Past

    Marta estuvo en completa casi una hora antes de empujar.

    Marta was fully dilated for almost an hour before pushing.

  3. Imperfect

    Cuando llegué al paritorio, la madre ya estaba en completa.

    When I got to the delivery room, the mother was already fully dilated.

  4. Future

    ¿Estará en completa antes de que acabe mi turno?

    Will she be fully dilated before my shift ends?

  5. Conditional

    Sin la epidural ya estaría en completa, dice la matrona.

    Without the epidural she'd already be fully dilated, the midwife says.

  6. Present subjunctive

    Llamad al ginecólogo en cuanto esté en completa.

    Call the gynaecologist as soon as she's fully dilated.

  7. Past subjunctive

    Nos sorprendió que estuviera en completa tan pronto.

    We were surprised she was fully dilated so soon.

  8. Imperative

    ¡Está en completa ya, bonita, que nos vamos a las ocho!

    Be fully dilated already, love, we're off at eight!

Good to know

  • Midwives' shorthand for "estar en dilatación completa", ten centimetres: the baby is about to come.

Where you hear estar en completa

The lessons that teach a form of it, and how they say it.

Spanish · Fluency Level 1

  • La de la dos está en completa. ¿Voy yo? The one in two is fully dilated. Shall I go?
  • Cuando llegó al hospital, ya estaba en completa. When she got to the hospital, she was already fully dilated.
  • En media hora, la de la tres va a estar en completa. In half an hour, the one in three is going to be fully dilated.
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Fluency Level 1 · está en completa

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