Reuniones de trabajo
The words that carry a weekly sales meeting: opening it, asking for a figure, disagreeing without stopping the conversation, and closing with something concrete. Written for someone who will run the meeting, not only attend it.
Abrir y organizar
la reuniónfnoun
the meeting
la agendafnoun
the agenda
el actafnoun
the minutes
Feminine, but takes el because it begins with a stressed a: el acta, las actas.
convocarverb
to call a meeting
Convocaron una reunión para el lunes. · They called a meeting for Monday.
empezar porverb
to start with
Empecemos por las ventas. · Let's start with sales.
tomar la palabra
to take the floor
Fixed phrase for beginning to speak in a formal meeting.
el puntomnoun
the item, the point
Pasemos al siguiente punto. · Let's move to the next item.
el plazomnoun
the deadline
Not el plazo for a period only: it is the deadline itself. La fecha límite is the neutral option.
Pedir datos
el datomnoun
the figure, the piece of data
Singular for one number. Los datos is the data as a whole.
la cifrafnoun
the number itself
el informemnoun
the report
confirmarverb
to confirm
Voy a confirmarlo antes del viernes. · I'll confirm it before Friday.
revisarverb
to check, to review
Not to revise for an exam. That is repasar or estudiar.
actualizarverb
to update
El dato está desactualizado. · The figure is out of date.
hacer seguimiento
to follow up
Very common in corporate Latin America.
dar visibilidad
to keep people informed
Corporate, and used constantly in Peruvian offices.
levantar la información
to go and get the data
Peru and much of Latin America. It means collecting it, not lifting anything.
Opinar y discrepar
estar de acuerdo
to agree
Estoy de acuerdo contigo. · I agree with you.
no estar seguro
not to be sure
The most useful phrase for a non-native leading a meeting: it lets you disagree without needing vocabulary you may not have.
tener sentido
to make sense
Tiene sentido, pero hay un riesgo. · It makes sense, but there is a risk.
plantearverb
to raise, to put forward
Quiero plantear una duda. · I want to raise a concern.
matizarverb
to qualify, to add nuance
A polite way to half-disagree with what someone just said.
discreparverb
to disagree
Formal. In speech, no estoy de acuerdo is far more common.
el riesgomnoun
the risk
la propuestafnoun
the proposal
Cerrar
el acuerdomnoun
the agreement, the action point
Salimos con tres acuerdos. · We came out with three action points.
quedar enverb
to settle on doing
Quedamos en enviarlo mañana. · We agreed to send it tomorrow.
Quedamos en revisarlo el jueves. Different from quedarse, to stay.
comprometerse averb
to commit to
Se comprometió a entregarlo el viernes. · He committed to delivering it on Friday.
el siguiente pasomnoun
the next step
encargarse deverb
to take charge of
Yo me encargo del informe. · I'll take care of the report.
por escrito
in writing
Mándamelo por escrito, por favor. · Send it to me in writing, please.