Bolivia situation guide
A cordial back-and-forth
The apoderada counters your offer through Andrea. This chapter is not about a better number, it's about the Spanish for a warm, respectful negotiation: thanking the counteroffer, asking to bring positions closer, naming what matters to you (like keeping the parqueo included), and accepting only ever conditionally, tied to the hipoteca lift and the certificado de expensas arriving. Whatever the price becomes, you always close by asking for it in writing. The app never suggests a number, a discount, or a tactic, it teaches the phrases that keep a negotiation cordial while your conditions stay firm.
Essential vocabulary
- la contraoferta: the counteroffer What comes back after your offer, the normal next move in a Bolivian negotiation, not a rejection.
- acercar posiciones: to bring positions closer The cordial frame for the whole back-and-forth, you're closing a gap together, not fighting over a number.
- lo acordado: what's been agreed The thing you always ask to see written down before treating a negotiation as settled.
- incluido / incluida: included What stays part of the deal even as the price moves, furniture, a parking spot, fixtures.
- por escrito: in writing The phrase that turns a friendly conversation into something you can point back to later.
- siempre que: provided that / as long as The connector that lets you say yes to a term while keeping your conditions attached to it.
- condicionado / condicionada: conditioned, contingent The word that describes every acceptance in this negotiation, never unconditional.
- el parqueo: the parking spot A concrete example of an inclusion worth naming as important to you, without it being a price demand.
Bolivian Spanish terms
- la apoderada: the seller's proxy / power-of-attorney holder The counterpart on the other side of this negotiation, her poder was already verified earlier in this goal; she negotiates through Andrea, not directly.
- el parqueo: the parking spot A common point people negotiate to keep 'incluido' in Santa Cruz apartment sales, alongside furniture or fixtures.
- acercar posiciones: to bring positions closer The everyday phrase Bolivians reach for to keep a price talk warm instead of adversarial.
Useful phrases
- Gracias por la contraoferta, ¿podríamos acercar posiciones?: Thanks for the counteroffer, could we bring our positions closer? Your standard cordial opener the moment a counteroffer arrives.
- Para mí es importante [X].: For me, [X] is important. Naming what matters to you in the deal, without dictating a price.
- Acepto, siempre que [condición].: I accept, provided that [condition]. How every acceptance in this chapter is phrased, always tied to a condition, never unconditional.
- Todo lo acordado, por escrito.: Everything agreed, in writing. The closing line that protects both sides once positions have come together.
Learn this in the app
Property Closing and Handover in Bolivia, Spanish