Log inSign up

Estou apaixonada por ti.

Estou apaixonada por ti.
I am in love with you.
From Lesson 203:Sentimentos (ter pena, ter vergonha)·Portuguese (Portugal)

Breakdown of Estou apaixonada por ti.

tu
you
apaixonado
in love

Questions & Answers about Estou apaixonada por ti.

Why does the sentence use Estou instead of Sou?
Even though being in love can feel permanent, Portuguese treats it as a temporary state or feeling. Because of this, we use the verb estar rather than ser.
Does apaixonada change depending on who is speaking?
Yes. Because apaixonada acts as an adjective here, it must agree with the gender of the speaker. A woman says Estou apaixonada, but a man would say Estou apaixonado.
In English we say "in love with". Why does this sentence use por instead of com?
In Portuguese, the fixed expression is estar apaixonado por (which is closer to "impassioned by"). Prepositions rarely match up perfectly between English and Portuguese, so it is best to memorize apaixonado por as a set phrase.
Why do we use ti instead of tu at the end of the sentence?
The word tu is used when "you" are the subject doing the action. Whenever "you" comes immediately after a preposition like por, it must change to the prepositional object pronoun ti.

Learn Estou apaixonada por ti and more in Portuguese

All course content and exercises are completely free — no paywalls, no trial periods, no signup needed.

  • ✓ Practice with interactive exercises
  • ✓ Track your progress with spaced repetition
  • ✓Learn at your own pace — completely free
Start learning Portuguese →