Lidar Com in Portuguese: Deal With Something Without Claiming It Is Solved

Keep com with the verb

Caldas Aulete’s lidar entry records dealing with, attending to and facing something, with com in these uses. The reference was checked on October 21, 2026.

• Estou lidando com um problema no trabalho. — “I’m dealing with a problem at work.”
• Ela sabe lidar com clientes. — “She knows how to deal with customers.”
• A gente precisa lidar com essa mudança. — “We need to deal with that change.”

The object after com is what you handle. It can be a person, a situation or a difficulty. The expression does not always mean fighting: dealing with customers can mean interacting with them appropriately. Use the surrounding words before deciding that the exchange is a conflict.

Handling, solving and avoiding name different outcomes

• Ainda estou lidando com a situação. — “I’m still dealing with the situation.”
• Já resolvi o problema. — “I’ve already solved the problem.”
• Estou tentando evitar outro atraso. — “I’m trying to avoid another delay.”

Handling may be ongoing. Solving reports a result. Avoiding aims to prevent something from happening. A listener cannot safely replace one with another just because all three concern a problem. If the result matters, add an explicit update: Ainda não resolvi — “I haven’t solved it yet.”

Original dialogue: ask for the status, not a guess

B’s answer separates effort from completion and identifies one useful next step. A can help without assuming the delivery issue is finished. The written exchange is original; it does not report an actual customer problem or promise any particular service response.

Describe your own response without generalizing about a country

A question such as Como você lida com mudanças de plano? — “How do you deal with changed plans?” — invites a personal account. It is more specific than assuming everyone in a country reacts the same way. For a small inconvenience, someone might explain an action: Primeiro, confirmo o que mudou — “First, I confirm what changed.”

If you are listening to a story, separate the event from the response. The bus being late is the event; checking another route is a response. Lidar com can introduce how the person handles the situation without implying they control the bus schedule. Continue with the episode guide about everyday frustrations.

Practice: identify what is done and what is ongoing

1. Complete Preciso lidar ___ essa mudança.
2. Does Estou lidando com isso confirm that the problem is fixed?
3. Say that you have already solved the problem.
4. Ask a person how they handle changed plans.
5. Add a concrete next step to a handling update.

Continue with real conversation practice

For the wider conversation that prompted this companion activity, see the episode guide about reacting when things go wrong. The examples and exercises here are original written teaching material, not a transcript, quotation or additional audio recording.

Continue with Real Life Portuguese for native Brazilian audio and everyday expressions. Listen to a short exchange available in the app, identify what the speaker is doing and prepare your own reply. Bruno Lopes is a co-founder of the app. Use these written exercises to prepare your own reply.