n I. state (1. condition or manner of existence; 2. commonwealth); II. [Pol.] estate; III. status (= legal standing, position);
stato de cosas state of things, circumstances;
esser in stato de (facer un cosa) to be in a position to (do something);
stato civil civil status;
homine de stato statesman;
colpo de stato coup détat ;
Statos Unite (de America) United States (of America)
-stato
[occurring in compounds]