Quando faz frio, eu gosto de me cobrir com o cobertor e abraçar uma almofada.

In Brazilian Portuguese, weather is often expressed with fazer:

• faz frio = it’s cold
• faz calor = it’s hot
• faz vento = it’s windy

So Quando faz frio means When it’s cold or Whenever it’s cold.

By contrast, é frio usually describes something as being cold by nature or quality:

• A água é fria. = The water is cold.
• Ele é frio. = He is emotionally cold.

So for weather, faz frio is the normal choice.

Because this sentence expresses a general habit or something that happens regularly:

• Quando faz frio, eu gosto... = Whenever it’s cold, I like...

Portuguese uses the present tense for this kind of repeated, general situation.

If you were talking about a specific future situation, Portuguese would usually change:

• Quando fizer frio, eu vou... = When it gets cold / When it is cold in the future, I will...

So faz here is present because the sentence is about a usual pattern, not one future event.

Yes, you could absolutely say:

• Quando faz frio, gosto de me cobrir...

That would sound natural in Brazilian Portuguese.

Portuguese often drops subject pronouns when the verb already makes the subject clear. Gosto already means I like.

Adding eu is not wrong. It can add:

• emphasis
• clarity
• contrast

For example:

• Eu gosto de me cobrir, mas meu irmão não. = I like to cover myself, but my brother doesn’t.

So in your sentence, eu is optional.

Because gostar normally requires the preposition de.

So the pattern is:

• gostar de + noun
• gostar de + infinitive

Examples:

• Eu gosto de café. = I like coffee.
• Eu gosto de dormir cedo. = I like sleeping early.
• Eu gosto de me cobrir... = I like covering myself...

This is just part of how the verb works, so de must be there.

Yes. Cobrir-se can be used reflexively when someone covers themself.

• cobrir = to cover
• me cobrir = to cover myself

So:

• Eu gosto de me cobrir com o cobertor. = I like to cover myself with the blanket.

Without me, the meaning would change:

• Eu gosto de cobrir o sofá. = I like to cover the sofa.

The me shows that the action comes back to the speaker.

In Brazilian Portuguese, me cobrir is the most normal and natural word order in everyday language.

Both are grammatically possible:

• me cobrir
• cobrir-me

But in Brazil, me cobrir sounds much more natural in speech.

You will often see pronouns before the infinitive in modern Brazilian usage, especially in informal or neutral language.

So for a learner of Brazilian Portuguese, gosto de me cobrir is the form to focus on.

Both are possible, but they mean slightly different things.

• com o cobertor = with the blanket, usually understood as a specific blanket
• com um cobertor = with a blanket, any blanket / one blanket

Portuguese uses definite articles very often, sometimes more often than English does. In a sentence like this, o cobertor can sound very natural because it refers to the blanket you normally use when it’s cold.

So:

• me cobrir com o cobertor = cover myself with the blanket
• me cobrir com um cobertor = cover myself with a blanket

Both work; the original sounds a bit more specific.

A little, yes, but it is still understandable and acceptable.

Since cobrir means to cover and cobertor means blanket, some learners notice the repetition. Native speakers might also choose more idiomatic alternatives, such as:

• me enrolar no cobertor = wrap myself in the blanket
• me cobrir com uma manta = cover myself with a blanket/throw
• ficar debaixo do cobertor = stay under the blanket

So the original sentence is correct, but in everyday Brazilian Portuguese, many speakers might prefer me enrolar no cobertor or ficar debaixo do cobertor, depending on the exact image.

These are all things you use for warmth, but they are not exactly the same.

• cobertor = blanket
• manta = throw, light blanket, or smaller blanket
• edredom = comforter / duvet-like thick bed covering

So cobertor is a very normal general word for blanket.

Depending on the situation, a Brazilian might use any of these words:

• No frio, eu pego o cobertor.
• No sofá, eu uso uma manta.
• Na cama, eu uso um edredom.

This is a very useful vocabulary distinction.

• almofada = cushion, decorative pillow, soft pillow for hugging or placing on a sofa
• travesseiro = pillow for sleeping, the one you put your head on in bed

So abraçar uma almofada suggests hugging a cushion or soft pillow-like object.

If you wanted to say hug a sleeping pillow, you would more likely say:

• abraçar um travesseiro

In real life, either could happen, but the words are not exactly interchangeable.

Yes. The original sentence is correct, but many Brazilians might say it in slightly different ways, depending on the image they want.

Some natural alternatives are:

• Quando faz frio, eu gosto de me enrolar no cobertor e abraçar uma almofada.
• Quando faz frio, gosto de ficar debaixo do cobertor e abraçar uma almofada.
• Quando faz frio, eu gosto de me cobrir e abraçar uma almofada.

These versions may sound a bit more idiomatic than me cobrir com o cobertor, but the original is still perfectly understandable.

It can mean both, depending on context, but in a sentence like this it most naturally means whenever it is cold.

That is because the rest of the sentence describes a habitual preference:

• Quando faz frio, eu gosto de... = Whenever it’s cold, I like to...

If you wanted to make the habitual meaning even clearer in English, whenever is often the best translation.