even though they avoid the term 'yes', they will make every effort to answer in the affirmative, an affirmative that must be contextually interpreted and not just accepted as such - when one suggests a plan to a carioca they will very likely respond positively, yet, more often than not, these plans could potentially fall through, or be adapted and altered so that they no longer resemble the original idea.

a type of 'yes' is 'pode ser', meaning 'could be' or 'perhaps', which is technically a positive answer used almost constantly, and truly in between a 'yes' and a 'no' - a truly affirmative 'yes'  would be replaced by the phrase 'com certeza', literally meaning 'with certainty', or the very popular and very affermative 'já é' meaning 'it happened already'.