Español para el Trabajo
Business Spanish isn’t a different language — it’s the same one, just buttoned up a little. Five situations you’ll actually walk into: the meeting, the inbox, the org chart, the small talk before it all starts, and the call that inevitably drops at the worst moment.
La Reunión
the meetingSomeone always arrives two minutes early with el informe already printed, and the room doesn’t really start until la agenda gets read out loud, item by item.
- la reunión (lah rreh-oo-NYOHN) — the meeting
- la agenda (lah ah-HEN-dah) — the agenda
- el informe (el een-FOR-meh) — the report
- la propuesta (lah proh-PWEHS-tah) — the proposal
- el acuerdo (el ah-KWEHR-doh) — the agreement
El Correo
the emailIt always opens with el saludo — a little more formal than you’d text a friend — and by the third paragraph you’re hoping el archivo adjunto actually opened on the other end.
- el correo electrónico (el koh-RREH-oh eh-lek-TROH-nee-koh) — the email
- el asunto (el ah-SOON-toh) — the subject line
- el archivo adjunto (el ar-CHEE-voh ad-HOON-toh) — the attachment
- la respuesta (lah rres-PWEHS-tah) — the reply
- el saludo (el sah-LOO-doh) — the greeting
El Puesto
the job titleEl equipo reports to el jefe, who answers, eventually, to someone even busier — and somewhere in the group chat, el cliente is still waiting on a reply.
- el jefe / la jefa (el HEH-feh / lah HEH-fah) — the boss
- el empleado / la empleada (el em-pleh-AH-doh) — the employee
- el gerente (el heh-REN-teh) — the manager
- el cliente (el klee-EN-teh) — the client
- el equipo (el eh-KEE-poh) — the team
El Networking
introductions & small talk“Mucho gusto” comes with el apretón de manos before anyone’s even sat down, and the real conversation usually starts with someone asking, “¿A qué te dedicas?“
- mucho gusto (MOO-choh GOOS-toh) — nice to meet you
- la tarjeta de presentación (lah tar-HEH-tah deh preh-sen-tah-SYOHN) — the business card
- el apretón de manos (el ah-preh-TOHN deh MAH-nohs) — the handshake
- ¿A qué te dedicas? (ah keh teh deh-DEE-kahs) — what do you do for work?
- el contacto (el kon-TAHK-toh) — the contact
La Llamada
phone & video callsSomeone’s always on mute for the first thirty seconds, and just as the important point comes up, la conexión decides that’s the moment to freeze.
- la llamada (lah yah-MAH-dah) — the call
- la videollamada (lah vee-deh-oh-yah-MAH-dah) — the video call
- el micrófono (el mee-KROH-foh-noh) — the microphone
- ¿Me escuchas? (meh ehs-KOO-chahs) — can you hear me?
- la conexión (lah koh-nek-SYOHN) — the connection
Fin de la jornada
That’s the workday in Spanish — the meeting, the inbox, the org chart, and the handshake that started it all. None of it needs to sound stiff; it just needs enough real words to get you through the door.
— hasta la próxima, hispanova
