< Portuguese Grammar

using ESTAR with com

Use estar com to say things like,

Eu estou com fome. (I'm hungry.)

Você está com frio? (Are you cold?)

Ela está com problemas. (She has problems.)

O Fabiano está com ciúmes. (Fabiano's jealous.)

This translates literally as, to be with. In Portuguese when you’re hungry you are with hunger.

*Use sem just as you use com, but to convey the opposite: without.

Eu estou sem dinheiro. (I have no money.)