What is BE THERE in Spanish?
As we know BE THERE! is either an instruction or an order. Most expressions like that easily translate into Spanish so for example we can say in English "Go there!" and that in Spanish would be "¡Ve allá!" Pretty much the same thing.
Here are more examples:
English Spanish
Eat there! ¡Come allá!
Wait there! ¡Espera allá!
Play there! ¡Juega allá!
But BE THERE! is another story entirely. The problem begins with BE having two translations in Spanish: SER and ESTAR.
The first expresses characteristics mainly. For example: "She is very strict!". In Spanish that is translated as "¡Ella es muy estricta!" (SER)
The second expresses feelings mostly. For example: "He is furious!". In Spanish that is translated as "¡Está furioso!" (ESTAR) And also, and here is the problem, it is used to indicate spatial position. that means the place where something or somebody is located at the moment of speaking: "John is in Chicago" is "John está en Chicago".
In other words, if you are going to use BE THERE! then you must translate BE as ESTAR since BE as SER is used for characteristics and for that we need to use an adjective. THERE is not an adjective.
THERE indicates a place or direction (whatever THERE means at the moment). And the key is in the translation: BE THERE! which would be ESTÁ AHÍ. Sadly the real problem is that since THERE indicates a place in particular ESTÁ AHÍ in Spanish sounds more like ITS THERE rather than BE THERE .
To avoid all this nonsense simply look for new friends and set a date. for important events .
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