Phrase · 🎭 Indirect invitations & refusals
Pode ser, vou pensar no assunto.
Maybe — I'll think about it. (often a polite no)
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Pourquoi chaque mot est à sa place
Pourquoi elle est construite ainsi
Les notes correspondent aux numéros ci-dessus.
- 1«Pode ser» = maybe; followed by «vou pensar» it usually means no. Pragmatics of Brazilian indirectness & politeness →
- 2«pensar em» = to think about.