Phrase · 🧑 Describing people

Como ela é?

What’s she like?

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Why every word is where it is

Como1adverbhowelapronounshe3rd sing. · subjecté2verbisser · present · 3rd sing.?

Word for word: “How she is?”

The notes match the numbers above.

1
In Brazilian questions the subject usually comes before the verb: Como ela é? Questions & question words (incl. cadê) →
2
Como ela é? asks what she’s like; Como ela está? asks how she is (health, mood). ser or estar? (A1 contrasts) →