language learning center · C2 · Lesson 7
Mediating high-stakes disagreement
Practice this topic in Spanish: Mediating high-stakes disagreement.
Understand and learn
Work from a natural example to useful language, one small pattern, a spoken attempt, and a response that is relevant to your life.
Lucía
Las posiciones parecen incompatibles porque protegen bienes distintos.
The positions appear incompatible because they protect different goods.
Mateo
Una parte teme un daño inmediato; la otra, una pérdida irreversible a largo plazo.
One side fears immediate harm; the other, an irreversible long-term loss.
Lucía
Propongo reconocer ambos riesgos antes de discutir su prioridad.
I suggest acknowledging both risks before discussing their priority.
Mateo
Podríamos acordar primero las salvaguardias que ninguna parte quiere vulnerar.
We could first agree on the safeguards that neither side wants to breach.
Notice, try, and speak
Understand a natural example and learn a small set of useful words, phrases, and patterns.
Useful words and phrases
These items were selected by the lesson curriculum for practical use—not extracted as an every-word list.
Las posiciones parecen incompatibles porque protegen bienes distintos.
The positions appear incompatible because they protect different goods.
Las posiciones parecen incompatibles porque protegen bienes distintos.
Una parte teme un daño inmediato; la otra, una pérdida irreversible a largo plazo.
One side fears immediate harm; the other, an irreversible long-term loss.
Una parte teme un daño inmediato; la otra, una pérdida irreversible a largo plazo.
Propongo reconocer ambos riesgos antes de discutir su prioridad.
I suggest acknowledging both risks before discussing their priority.
Propongo reconocer ambos riesgos antes de discutir su prioridad.
Podríamos acordar primero las salvaguardias que ninguna parte quiere vulnerar.
We could first agree on the safeguards that neither side wants to breach.
Podríamos acordar primero las salvaguardias que ninguna parte quiere vulnerar.
Eso no elimina el desacuerdo, pero lo hace negociable.
That does not eliminate the disagreement, but it makes it negotiable.
Eso no elimina el desacuerdo, pero lo hace negociable.
Notice, try, and speak
Which Spanish sentence has this meaning: “The positions appear incompatible because they protect different goods.”
Make it yours
Say the five Spanish turns aloud, then connect two of them naturally.
Change one detail so the message is true for your own life or opinion.
Use it with someone
Use this Spanish in a real conversation
- 1. Las posiciones parecen incompatibles porque protegen bienes distintos.
- 2. Una parte teme un daño inmediato; la otra, una pérdida irreversible a largo plazo.
- 3. Propongo reconocer ambos riesgos antes de discutir su prioridad.
- 4. Podríamos acordar primero las salvaguardias que ninguna parte quiere vulnerar.
- 5. Eso no elimina el desacuerdo, pero lo hace negociable.