Presenting your work at the office: Opening a presentation and stating the goal

💬 costes is the Spain word. Latin America says costos, so watch for both in emails.

💬 In Spain, the c in reducir sounds like English th: (reh-doo-THEER). The same goes for any c before e or i.

💬 After es, put the verb straight in its basic form, with no word for "to". Swap it in: El objetivo es vender más "The goal is to sell more".

💬 Spanish asks about length with the verb durar "to last", not with "be long". Reuse it like this: ¿Cuánto dura la reunión? "How long is the meeting?"

💬 unos or unas in front of a number means "about". So unas dos horas means "about two hours".

💬 al is a and el squeezed together, and Spanish always makes this merge. The same thing happens with de and el, which become del.

🇪🇸 Expect people to interrupt anyway, because Spanish meetings tend to be lively and overlapping. Saying this up front is a polite way to hold the floor.

💬 pasar here means to send or share something, not to hand it over physically. You'll hear it all the time, as in Te paso el enlace "I'll send you the link".

💬 The two small words go before the verb: os (to you all) comes first, then las (them, for the feminine slides). Same order with one person: te las envío.

💬 correo can mean either post or email, and in an office it almost always means email. The full form is correo electrónico.

🇪🇸 In Spain, la tarde stretches until about 8–9pm because the day runs late. "This afternoon" can mean early evening.

💬 Spanish often uses the plain present for a promise about later today. os las envío works just like "I'll send them".

💬 vosotros means "you all" and is used only in Spain. For one person, say gracias a ti.

💬 pues is a very common starter word, like "well" or "right", and doesn't mean "so" logically here. empezamos can mean both "we begin" and "let's begin".