Quote

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Word for the day - covering words you may want to avoid, as their meaning is not the same.

Quote or Cuota

Quota or Cuota

The Spanish word "cuota" has nothing to do with its English couterparts. 

Cuota = Payment, as in how many payments you will have to make on a car or a home. 

Interesting that you can choose to pay for anything on a payment plan, including: groceries, services, dinner, TV's, computers, appliances, etc.  

If you want to say, "Give me a quote on painting my house", use "presupuesto".

If you want a quote on your home's value, use "tasacion".

If you want to talk about a sales quota, use "objectivo de ventas" .

Incidentally, most words that begin with "qu" would begin with "cu" in Spanish

quality-calidad / quantity-candidad / quarantine-cuarentena

quarters-cuarto / qualify-calificar / question-cuestion

Food for thought...

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