disculpe la molestia

How it is used in Bolivia

A softener used before an entirely ordinary request to hotel or service staff, it signals courtesy, not that the request is actually a problem.

Learn it in a real situation

Explore La Paz and El Alto, Practical Spanish

Related words

• abrígate pues: bundle up, then
• api con buñuelo: hot purple-corn drink with fried dough
• casera / caserita: regular-customer / vendor address term
• el cholet: cholet (neo-Andean building)
• el Illimani: the Illimani (the snow-capped peak behind La Paz)
• el mate de coca: coca-leaf tea

Guides that use this term

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