portuguese, as it is spoken in rio, is a colorful language, rich with vivacious expressions, musicality, and adjectives that often have to be interpreted to determine their proper meaning in context - one characteristic of cariocas is a tendency to over-emphasize descriptions of people, places, and events - and this tendency certainly manifests itself in their recounting of stories and reactions to their surroundings.

whether to highlight the bad or convey the good, in informal situations most cariocas love to exaggerate and add color to any description - they are fond of the superlative, and views are regularly described as the best in the city, beaches being the best in the country, a film being the finest ever seen, and a party is the most exceptional of the year.