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Ela está farta deste barulho.

Ela está farta deste barulho.
She is fed up with this noise.
From Lesson 203:Sentimentos (ter pena, ter vergonha)·Portuguese (Portugal)

Questions & Answers about Ela está farta deste barulho.

Why do we use está instead of é for someone being fed up?
Being fed up is a temporary emotional state or reaction, rather than a permanent personality trait. In Portuguese, we use estar for temporary conditions and feelings, so ela é farta would be incorrect.
Why is the word for 'this' written as deste here?
The Portuguese expression for 'to be fed up with' is estar farto de. The preposition de must always follow the adjective. When de comes directly before the masculine demonstrative este (this), they merge into the mandatory contraction deste.
If a man wants to say 'I am fed up', does the word farta stay the same?
No, farto is an adjective and must agree with the gender of the person who is fed up. Because this sentence is about Ela (she), it takes the feminine form farta. A man speaking about himself would say estou farto.
Since the English translation says 'fed up WITH', can I use the Portuguese word com here?
No, you cannot translate the preposition literally. While English uses 'with', the Portuguese adjective farto strictly pairs with the preposition de (of). Saying farta com would sound unnatural to native speakers.

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