"Es que no estoy/soy hecho de cartón" (Specific Languages) Language Learning Forum

"Es que no estoy/soy hecho de cartón"
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Chevalier Diglot Groupie Brazil Joined 4707 days ago 53 posts - 104 votes Speaks: Portuguese*, English	Message 1 of 4 27 November 2013 at 12:15pm \| IP Logged
	Hello, I was listening to the song "La tortura" by Shakira and I heard the following expression: "Es que no estoy hecho de cartón". Being a native Portuguese speaker I thought it should be "es que no soy hecho de cartón". I checked the lyrics on different websites and it was in fact "estoy". Is that correct? Shouldn't that be "soy"? Edited by Chevalier on 27 November 2013 at 12:18pm 1 person has voted this message useful
nicozerpa Triglot Senior Member Argentina Joined 4326 days ago 182 posts - 315 votes Speaks: Spanish*, Portuguese, English Studies: Italian, German	Message 2 of 4 27 November 2013 at 3:43pm \| IP Logged
	In Spanish, the proper way is "estar hecho de", "to be made of". This is one of the few differences between Spanish and Portuguese in the use of ser/estar. 3 persons have voted this message useful
Medulin Tetraglot Senior Member Croatia Joined 4668 days ago 1199 posts - 2192 votes Speaks: Croatian*, English, Spanish, Portuguese Studies: Norwegian, Hindi, Nepali	Message 3 of 4 27 November 2013 at 4:18pm \| IP Logged
	The Spanish rendition seems more logical to me. With the verb SER it would sound like continual SE passive, as in: La puerta es cerrada = La puerta se cierra (por alguien). different than La puerta está cerrada. A gente fechou a porta ---> A porta está fechada. Deus nos fez de carne. ---> A gente está feito de carne (expected) Google ''está feito de carne'' About 24,100 results ''é feito de carne'' About 111,000 results Edited by Medulin on 27 November 2013 at 4:23pm 2 persons have voted this message useful
Chevalier Diglot Groupie Brazil Joined 4707 days ago 53 posts - 104 votes Speaks: Portuguese*, English	Message 4 of 4 04 December 2013 at 1:40am \| IP Logged
	Thank you guys for your answers. 1 person has voted this message useful

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