The message that closes the loop

Essential vocabulary

• para evitar malentendidos: to avoid misunderstandings The opener that turns your summary into a shared safety net, not a lecture, it signals you're helping everyone remember, not correcting them.
• resumo lo acordado: I'm summarizing what we agreed The two words that turn a WhatsApp message into a minuta, a proper meeting summary the whole group can point back to.
• decidido / pendiente: decided / pending The minuta's two columns, what's locked in, and what's still owed, so nobody has to guess.
• queda pendiente: is still pending How you flag an unfinished item without pointing fingers, it names the gap, not the person.
• cada uno se encarga de lo suyo: everyone handles their own part Names responsibilities kindly, without sounding bossy, the line that stops 'todos pensamos que lo hacía el otro'.
• el siguiente paso: the next step Closes the minuta on action, not just a record, what happens next, and when.
• si algo quedó distinto, me avisan: if anything came out different, let me know Turns your minuta from a decree into the group's shared version, the invitation that makes corrections a strength, not a threat.
• ¡buen dato! corrijo:: good catch! correcting: How you take a correction gracefully, thanks first, fix second, no defensiveness.
• seguimos por acá: we'll keep in touch here Closes the meeting without closing the channel, the group stays the project's home base.

Bolivian Spanish terms

• clarito: nice and clear (diminutive of claro) The diminutive softens 'claro' into something warmer, when a Bolivian senior like Don Miguel says 'qué bueno tener todo clarito', your minuta habit just became your reputation.
• recién: not until / only just (time marker) 'Recién' here means 'not until', Álvaro's cousin takes the photos 'recién la otra semana', i.e. not before next week. A small word that changes your whole timeline if you miss it.

Useful phrases

• Para evitar malentendidos, resumo lo acordado:: To avoid misunderstandings, here's a summary of what we agreed: The opening line of every minuta, it tells the group what's coming and why.
• Decidido: ... Pendiente: ... (responsable). Siguiente paso: ...: Decided: ... Pending: ... (responsible person). Next step: ... The reusable three-part minuta template, the capstone artifact of this whole notebook.
• Si algo quedó distinto, me avisan.: If anything came out different, let me know. The correction invitation that closes every minuta and turns it into the group's shared version.
• ¡Buen dato! Corrijo: ...: Good catch! Correcting: ... How you take a correction gracefully in the group, thanking first and fixing second.
• Lo del contrato lo reviso con mi contador.: I'll go over the contract with my accountant. How you route a regulated topic safely away from the minuta, the minuta records, it never interprets a contract.

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Meetings, Calls and Presentations in Bolivia, Spanish

More guides from this notebook

• The group is the project office
• The double confirm
• The first two minutes decide the whole call
• Three points, asked as a question
• Sixty seconds, said out loud, on the record

Words from this guide in the glossary

• clarito: nice and clear (diminutive of claro)
• recién: only then / just