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O meu telemóvel é mais leve do que o teu computador.

O meu telemóvel é mais leve do que o teu computador.
My mobile phone is lighter than your computer.
From Lesson 53:Comparatives (mais... do que, menos... do que)·Portuguese (Portugal)

Questions & Answers about O meu telemóvel é mais leve do que o teu computador.

Why does the Portuguese sentence say mais leve instead of having a single word for "lighter"?
In Portuguese, you don't add endings like "-er" to adjectives to compare them. Instead, you always use the word mais (more) before the adjective. So, "lighter" is phrased literally as "more light": mais leve.
Does do que mean "than"? Can I just use que?
Yes, do que translates to "than" when making comparisons. You can actually use either do que or just que here (mais leve que o teu computador is also correct). However, do que is extremely common in everyday European Portuguese.
Why are there the words O and o before meu telemóvel and teu computador? Isn't that like saying "the my" and "the your"?
Exactly! In European Portuguese, it is the standard rule to put a definite article (o or a, meaning "the") right before possessive words like meu (my) and teu (your). Because telemóvel and computador are both masculine nouns, we use the masculine article o.
Why do we use é here instead of está? Isn't weight something that can change?
We use é, which comes from the verb ser, for characteristics that define what something is. The physical weight of a manufactured object like a phone or computer is considered a permanent, built-in feature, so we use ser rather than the temporary verb estar.

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