Phrase · 🎭 Indirect invitations & refusals

Pode ser, vou pensar no assunto.

Maybe — I'll think about it. (often a polite no)

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Why every word is where it is

Pode1verbit maypoder · present · 3rd sing.serverbbeinfinitive,vouverbI'm going toir · present · 1st sing.pensar2verbthinkinfinitiveno2prepositionabout theem + o · masc. · sing. · definiteassuntonounmattermasc. · sing..

Pode → ser: poder ser = maybe
pensar → no: pensar em

Why it's built this way

The notes match the numbers above.

1
«Pode ser» = maybe; followed by «vou pensar» it usually means no. Pragmatics of Brazilian indirectness & politeness →
2
«pensar em» = to think about.