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How to respond to “Como você está?” in Portuguese
You can answer briefly or share a little more. Returning the question keeps a casual check-in balanced.
What you might hear
Como você está?
How are you?
Choose a reply that fits
Bem, obrigado / obrigada. E você?
Fine, thanks. And you?
A brief positive answer that returns the question.
Um pouco cansado / cansada, mas bem.
A little tired, but okay.
An honest short update without a long explanation.
Muito bem, obrigado / obrigada.
Very well, thanks.
A positive answer suitable for a routine check-in.
Tive um dia difícil.
I've had a difficult day.
Share a difficulty only if you want to discuss it.
Two short exchanges
A routine check-in
Como você está?
How are you?
Bem, obrigado / obrigada. E você?
Fine, thanks. And you?
A friend asking how you have been
Como você tem passado?
How have you been?
Um pouco cansado / cansada, mas bem.
A little tired, but okay.
Your turn
Give a short positive answer to a routine check-in.
Reveal a sample reply
Muito bem, obrigado / obrigada.
Very well, thanks.
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A note on speaking Portuguese
These guides use Brazilian Portuguese. Você is a common everyday address; senhor or senhora may fit a more formal interaction. Eu gostaria and poderia can soften requests without making them complicated.
Keep the accents and nasal spellings, such as não and conexão. Portuguese in Portugal may use different everyday vocabulary or pronouns. The examples aim for broadly understandable Brazilian wording.
