< Portuguese Grammar

estar + 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.)