Phrase · 🌵 Regional expressions: North & Northeast

Tô com uma fome da peste.

I'm absolutely starving.

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Why every word is where it is

TôverbI am (spoken)estar · present · 1st sing.comprepositionwithumadetermineraum · fem. · sing. · indefinitefome2nounhungerfem. · sing.daprepositionof thede + a · fem. · sing. · definitepeste1nounplaguefem. · sing..

fome → peste: X da peste = a tremendous X
Tô → fome: estar com fome

Why it's built this way

The notes match the numbers above.

1
«da peste» intensifies (= tremendous); Northeast.
2
Brazil prefers «estar com fome» to «ter fome».