Ser/estar bienvenido

Glen · #1 November 15, 2015, 05:01 PM

A flyer says "All are welcome" as Todos son bienvenidos. Is there a shade of meaning here conveyed by using son instead of están?

**AngelicaDeAlquezar** · #2 November 15, 2015, 05:38 PM

"Están" makes no sense.

The verb "estar" would mean that tese people have acquired the quality of "bienvenido", rather than being spontaneously welcome to a place.

Glen · #3 November 15, 2015, 06:02 PM

Ah, thanks. I have a lot to learn.

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