Bolivian Spanish word

podría (vs. puedo)

Meaning: could (vs. can)

How it is used in Bolivia

The conditional does real politeness work in an availability answer: 'podría empezar ya' lands softer than 'puedo empezar ya', which can read pushier than it sounds in English.

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