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Tô morto de cansado, vou nessa.

I'm dead tired, I'm off.

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Why every word is where it is

TôverbI'mestar · present · 1st sing.morto1adjectivedeadmasc. · sing.deprepositionof, fromcansado1adjectivetiredmasc. · sing.,vou2verbI goir · present · 1st sing.nessa2preposition(on this)em + essa.

morto → cansado: morto de cansado = hyperbole
vou → nessa: vou nessa = I'm off

Why it's built this way

The notes match the numbers above.

1
Hyperbole with an adjective after «de»: morto de cansado (Spanish: muerto de cansancio).
2
«vou nessa» = I'm off (slang).