Business Spanish for meetings, deals and work in Spain
One-to-one classes with a native teacher at our school in La Malagueta. Start any day, from level A2, with a pack of 10 to 50 hours. You practise the Spanish your job needs: meetings, calls, e-mails, presentations and negotiation.
- Private one-to-one
- Start any day
- Levels A2 to C1
- Bildungsurlaub week available
Business Spanish built around you
In many Málaga schools, business Spanish means a few extra lessons on top of a group course, starting on a Monday, for B2 students only. Ours works differently.
Your teacher works only on your job, your documents and your deadlines.
No waiting for the next group. Pack prices apply Monday to Friday, 9:00 to 18:00; evenings and Saturday mornings are available at the evening and weekend rate.
You do not need B2. We start where you are and build what your work needs first.
Buy the hours you need, not a full week. The more hours you book, the less you pay per hour.
Spanish for the job you do in Spain
- Professionals moving to Málaga who need to work in Spanish from the first week
- Managers and sales teams who run meetings or calls with Spanish clients and partners
- Founders and remote workers who pitch, network and sign contracts in Spain
- Tourism, hospitality and real estate staff who deal with Spanish customers every day
- German employees on Bildungsurlaub who want a week of Spanish for work
Complete beginners start with private one-to-one classes and move to business Spanish at A2.
Six ways to learn business Spanish with us
Choose one, or combine them. The one-to-one business hours in every option follow the same 50-lesson curriculum, so you can move between them.
Business packs
Your own teacher, your own pace, sessions of 1 to 3 hours.
See the packsIntensive + Business
General Spanish with other students in the morning, business Spanish one-to-one in the afternoon, and visits to local businesses. Two weeks cost €650.
Ask about datesBildungsurlaub
Use your paid education leave for Spanish at work, with the same group plus one-to-one week.
Bildungsurlaub in MálagaTeams
For Málaga's tech, real estate and tourism firms. Ask us about classes at your office and about using your company's training budget.
Corporate trainingStart before you arrive
Take the core online from home, then continue in Málaga with your sector and work blocks.
Trato Hecho onlineExam route
Prepare the DELE (B2, C1) or the business Spanish certificates of the Madrid Chamber of Commerce (B2, C1, C2), then sit the exam at an official centre.
Exam preparationWhat you will be able to do, level by level
Our curriculum follows the Common European Framework (CEFR) and the Plan Curricular of the Instituto Cervantes (PCIC). Every lesson is taught at your level: an A2 student learns the key phrases for a task, a C1 student leads the whole task.
Introduce yourself and your company, set up a meeting by e-mail or phone, and handle simple calls.
Present and preterite, polite requests (quería, ¿podría...?), numbers, dates and times, basic connectors.Follow a meeting, give your opinion, present your product with numbers and write a clear follow-up e-mail.
Present perfect and preterite, conditional (me gustaría, sería), common subjunctive phrases, relative clauses.Make offers, ask for concessions, handle objections politely and firmly, and present with questions from the room.
Subjunctive in conditions and concessions (siempre que, aunque), passive and impersonal se, reported speech.Lead meetings and debates, write formal reports and proposals, and adapt your tone to any client or partner.
Softening and hedging, advanced connectors (no obstante, en la medida en que), nominalisation, register.50 one-hour lessons in five blocks
Each block is 10 hours and ends with a checkpoint: a real task from your work, recorded and reviewed with your teacher. Your pack decides how many blocks you take. Open a block to see every lesson.
1 to 10First impressionsIntroductions, small talk, e-mails, meetings and calls10-hour pack
- Mucho gusto. Introduce yourself, your role and your company.Soy responsable de compras en una empresa de logística.
- Small talk that works. Travel, Málaga, the weekend: keep a conversation going.¿Es su primera vez en Málaga?
- Usted or tú? Register in Spanish offices, titles, and when to switch.¿Nos tuteamos?
- E-mail openers and closings. Formal and friendly e-mails that sound natural.Le escribo en relación con su propuesta.
- Scheduling meetings. Days, times, Spanish working hours, rescheduling.¿Le viene bien el martes a las diez?
- Phone and video calls. Answering, transferring, asking someone to repeat, bad connections.Perdone, se ha cortado. ¿Me oye ahora?
- Your company in two minutes. History, size, sectors and clients.Contamos con 80 empleados y oficinas en tres países.
- Numbers, prices and money. Large numbers, decimals, percentages and IVA.Le ofrecemos un descuento del 5 %.
- Asking for and confirming information. Polite requests and checking details.Quería confirmar la fecha de entrega.
- Checkpoint. A first meeting with a new client, then the follow-up e-mail.
11 to 20Present, persuade, negotiatePresentations, results, offers, concessions and closing20-hour pack
- Presenting a product or service. Features, benefits and comparisons.Esto le permite reducir costes.
- Trends and results. Describing charts, with the present perfect for this year, as people say it in Spain.Este trimestre las ventas han subido un 12 %.
- A short presentation. Structure, signposting and slides.Pasemos a la siguiente diapositiva.
- Handling questions. Buying time, clarifying and answering difficult questions.Buena pregunta. Déjeme comprobarlo.
- Opening a negotiation. Objectives, priorities and first positions.Para nosotros es importante que la entrega sea puntual.
- Offers and counteroffers.Le proponemos un precio de 6,20 euros por unidad.
- Concessions and conditions.Si aumentan el pedido, bajamos el precio un 3 %.
- Saying no and handling objections.Entiendo su preocupación, pero me temo que no es posible.
- Closing and the follow-up e-mail. Summarising what was agreed.Entonces, quedamos en que ustedes envían el pedido el lunes.
- Checkpoint. A recorded 15-minute mock negotiation with feedback.
21 to 30Your sectorTourism and hospitality, real estate, tech, or your own field30-hour pack
Choose your track. Tourism and hospitality: check-in, upselling, reviews and complaints. Real estate: viewings, the nota simple, the arras contract and mortgage words. Tech and start-ups: stand-ups, product demos and the investor pitch. Or your own field, such as law, health or finance, with your real documents.
- Your sector's vocabulary. The words and phrases you use every week.
- The client conversation. First contact and understanding what the client needs.
- Presenting your offer. A property, a hotel package, a software demo or your service.
- Quotes, prices and payment terms in your sector.
- Documents you read every week. Contracts, listings, specifications or booking conditions.
- Problems and complaints. Apologising, solving and compensating.Lamentamos las molestias. Le proponemos lo siguiente.
- Phone, WhatsApp and e-mail with clients. Short, clear and professional.
- Meetings with partners and suppliers.
- The rules of your sector in plain words. The Spanish you need to understand them (language, not legal advice).
- Checkpoint. A full case study from your own work.
31 to 40Working in SpainInterviews, contracts, payslips, offices and office culture40-hour pack
- Job ads and your CV. The currículum and the cover letter in Spanish.
- The job interview. Your experience, strengths and questions to ask.Lo que más valoro de un equipo es la comunicación.
- Your contract. Contract types, trial period, hours and holidays.
- Reading a payslip. The nómina: gross and net, IRPF and Seguridad Social.
- Workplace culture in Spain. Hierarchy, meetings, timetables, lunch and sobremesa.
- E-mails to HR and colleagues. Requests, absences and holidays.
- Banks, the gestoría and public offices. Cita previa, forms, NIE and TIE.
- Networking in Málaga. Events, introductions and your profile in Spanish.
- Disagreeing politely and giving feedback.No digo que no tengas razón, pero...
- Checkpoint. A mock job interview or performance review.
41 to 50Lead and writeFor B2 and C1: meetings, reports, proposals and exams50-hour pack
- Leading a meeting. The agenda, turn-taking and keeping time.
- Debating and persuading. Arguing, conceding and softening your point.
- Writing a report. Structure, connectors and an impersonal style.
- Writing a proposal or a tender response.
- Formal letters and complaints, and how to answer them.
- Presentations with questions for a larger audience.
- Calls with several speakers and accents, from Spain and Latin America.
- Negotiating across cultures. Spain, Mexico, Argentina and Colombia.
- Exam practice. DELE B2 or C1, or Chamber of Commerce certificate tasks.
- Final assessment. A recorded presentation, a written report and your feedback.
Your progress: a free level test before you start, a checkpoint every 10 hours, and a Vamos Academy certificate at the end with your hours and your progress against the CEFR descriptors.
10 to 50 hours, from €26 an hour
Every pack is one-to-one at our school in La Malagueta. The price you see is the final price, with no enrolment fee and materials included. Packs build skills you can use at work; a full CEFR level takes longer, and your teacher will tell you honestly how far each pack takes you.
10 hours
- Prepare one negotiation, interview or presentation
- Or block 1: introductions, e-mails and calls
20 hours
- Meetings, pitch, negotiation and follow-up
- Ends with a recorded mock negotiation
30 hours
- Everything in 20 hours
- 10 hours on your sector, with your own documents
40 hours
- Everything in 30 hours
- Interviews, CV, contracts and offices
50 hours
- Everything in 40 hours
- Lead meetings, write reports and proposals, exam practice
Pack prices apply Monday to Friday, 9:00 to 18:00, in sessions of 1 to 3 hours. Evenings and Saturday mornings are available at the evening and weekend rate.
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Learn, work and meet people in La Malagueta
Between classes, work from our free coworking space, join the social activities and flamenco classes, and meet students from all over the world.
From your first message to your first class
- Tell us about your jobYour role, your sector and the date you need your Spanish for.
- Take the free level testAbout 6 minutes. Your teacher confirms your level in the first class.
- Get your planYour pack, your blocks, your sector track, and your days and times.
- Start any dayAt our school in La Malagueta, Calle Vélez-Málaga 13, on the days and times in your plan.
Not sure of your level? Take the free level test
About 6 minutes, in Spanish. It helps your teacher plan your first class.
- No account and no payment to take it
- Your teacher confirms your level in class
Questions about Business Spanish in Málaga
What Spanish level do I need?
A2 or above, which means you can already handle everyday conversations. Complete beginners start with private one-to-one classes and move to business Spanish at A2.
Can I really start any day?
Yes. Classes are one-to-one, so there is no group start date. Pack prices apply Monday to Friday, 9:00 to 18:00, in sessions of 1 to 3 hours; evenings and Saturday mornings are available at the evening and weekend rate.
Can I come on Bildungsurlaub?
Yes. Our Bildungsurlaub week is approved in several German states. It has 30 lessons, 20 in a group and 10 one-to-one with a business focus, from €350. See Bildungsurlaub in Málaga.
Is this an Instituto Cervantes course?
Our curriculum follows the CEFR and the Plan Curricular of the Instituto Cervantes (PCIC). For an official certificate, you can sit the DELE or SIELE exams of the Instituto Cervantes, or the business Spanish certificates of the Madrid Chamber of Commerce. We prepare all of them in Málaga.
Can my company pay, or can you teach at our office?
Yes, we invoice your company directly, and teams of two or more can learn together at €20 an hour per person. For classes at your office in Málaga, write to us with your address and the times you need.
Can I combine it with group classes?
Yes. Intensive + Business gives you 20 hours of group classes in the morning and 10 hours of business Spanish one-to-one in the afternoon, for €350 a week.
Can I start online before I arrive?
Yes. Take Trato Hecho online, 20 hours with the same core, then continue in Málaga with your sector and work blocks.
What do I get at the end?
A Vamos Academy certificate that records your hours and your progress against the CEFR descriptors, plus feedback from every checkpoint.