Phrase · 🔦 Emphasis & focus

Estou morta de cansaço.

I'm dead tired.

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Why every word is where it is

Estouverbamestar · present · 1st sing.morta1adjectivedead (morta de = dying of)morto · fem. · sing.de1prepositionof, fromcansaçonountirednessmasc. · sing..

morta → de: morto de

Why it's built this way

The notes match the numbers above.

1
estar morto/a de + noun = dying of (tiredness, hunger); it agrees with the speaker. ser/estar/ficar + adjective: meaning shifts →

Variations

Estou morto de cansaço.