Tudo está no lugar.

Portuguese usually uses estar for a temporary state, condition, or situation, and ser for something more permanent or defining.

In Tudo está no lugar, the idea is that everything is in its proper place right now. That is a condition or arrangement, so estar is the natural choice.

• está = is from estar
• é = is from ser

Using é here would sound unnatural in normal Portuguese.

Because tudo is grammatically singular in Portuguese, even though it refers to many things.

So you say:

• Tudo está... = correct
• Tudo estão... = incorrect

This is similar to how English uses everything is, not everything are.

Tudo means everything or all of it.

It is different from todos/todas:

• tudo = everything, all things in a general sense
• todos/todas = all, everyone, all of them, depending on context

Examples:

• Tudo bem. = Everything is fine.
• Todos chegaram. = Everyone arrived.
• Todas as caixas estão aqui. = All the boxes are here.

So in this sentence, tudo is the right word because the speaker is referring to everything as a whole.

No is a contraction of:

• em
  • o = no

So:

• no lugar literally comes from em o lugar

This contraction is extremely common in Portuguese.

Other common ones:

• na = em + a
• nos = em + os
• nas = em + as

So no lugar means in the place or more naturally in its place.

Because Portuguese often uses the definite article where English does not.

So no lugar literally looks like in the place, but in natural English it often becomes in place or in its place.

Compare:

• Está na mesa. = It is on the table.
• Está no carro. = It is in the car.
• Tudo está no lugar. = Everything is in its place.

You may sometimes see em lugar in other expressions, but in this sentence no lugar is the normal form.

Because the idea is not that everything is in many places, but that each thing is where it belongs. Portuguese expresses that with the singular lugar.

So no lugar means something like:

• in the proper place
• where it belongs

This is idiomatic and completely normal.

Yes. Tudo está no lugar and Está tudo no lugar are both natural.

The version with the verb first, Está tudo no lugar, is very common in everyday speech.

A rough difference:

• Tudo está no lugar = slightly more neutral or structured
• Está tudo no lugar = very common conversational wording

Both mean the same thing.

Not always. It can be literal or figurative.

Literal:

• You cleaned the room, and now all the objects are where they should be.

Figurative:

• A plan, schedule, or system is organized.
• Things are under control.
• Everything is sorted out.

So depending on context, it can mean not only that objects are in place, but also that a situation is organized.

A simple approximation is:

TOO-doo es-TAH no loo-GAR

A few notes:

• Tudo: the u sounds are like oo in food
• está: stress is on the last syllable, -tá
• lugar: stress is on the last syllable, -gar

In many Brazilian accents, the final r in lugar is softer than an English r, often sounding more like a light h sound:

• something like loo-GAH or loo-GAR, depending on the region

The accent mark shows which syllable is stressed:

• es-TÁ

It also helps distinguish it from esta, which is a demonstrative word meaning this in the feminine form.

Compare:

• está = is
• esta = this

So the accent is important for both pronunciation and meaning.

Usually not in this sentence if you want the same meaning.

• Tudo está no lugar = everything is in place
• Tudo fica no lugar usually means something more like everything stays in place or everything is located in its place, depending on context

Estar describes the current state naturally. Ficar changes the meaning.

Yes, very much so. Estar no lugar is a common way to say that something is where it should be.

Related expressions include:

• colocar no lugar = to put in place
• cada coisa no seu lugar = everything in its proper place / each thing in its place
• pôr as coisas no lugar = to put things in order

So this sentence uses a very common and natural expression.

It is neutral and natural. It does not sound overly formal, but it is a little more complete and orderly than some very casual alternatives.

In everyday speech, Brazilians might also say:

• Tá tudo no lugar.

Here tá is the spoken short form of está. This is extremely common in Brazil.

So:

• Tudo está no lugar. = neutral, standard
• Tá tudo no lugar. = informal, very common in speech