Deliberamos antes de arriesgarnos.

Because Spanish often leaves out subject pronouns when the verb ending already makes the subject clear.

Here, deliberamos ends in -amos, which tells you the subject is we. So nosotros is optional:

• Deliberamos antes de arriesgarnos.
• Nosotros deliberamos antes de arriesgarnos.

Both are correct, but the version without nosotros is more natural unless you want emphasis or contrast.

Deliberamos is the first person plural form of deliberar.

It can be either:

• present indicative: we deliberate / we are deliberating
• preterite: we deliberated

This happens because some -ar verbs have the same nosotros form in the present and the preterite.

So by itself, deliberamos is ambiguous. Context tells you whether it is present or past.

You usually know from context.

For example:

• If you are talking about a general habit or principle, it will likely be present:

  • Deliberamos antes de arriesgarnos.
  • We deliberate before risking ourselves.

• If you are narrating a completed past event, it will likely be preterite:

  • Ayer deliberamos antes de arriesgarnos.
  • Yesterday we deliberated before risking ourselves.

So the form is the same, but time words and the wider context make the meaning clear.

Because Spanish uses antes de + infinitive to mean before doing something.

So:

• antes de salir = before leaving
• antes de decidir = before deciding
• antes de arriesgarnos = before risking ourselves

You need the de here. Without it, the sentence is ungrammatical.

Because arriesgarse is a pronominal/reflexive verb here, and when a reflexive pronoun goes with an infinitive, it is attached to the end.

So:

• arriesgarse = to take a risk / to put oneself at risk
• arriesgarnos = to risk ourselves / to put ourselves at risk

The pronoun nos corresponds to we/us.

This is very common with infinitives:

• lavarse = to wash oneself
• prepararnos = to prepare ourselves
• quejarnos = to complain

The difference is important:

• arriesgar + noun = to risk something

  • Arriesgamos el dinero.
  • We risk the money.

• arriesgarse = to take a risk / to put oneself at risk

  • Nos arriesgamos.
  • We take a risk / We put ourselves at risk.

In your sentence, arriesgarnos suggests we ourselves are the ones exposed to the risk.

Yes, but the structure changes slightly.

Spanish normally uses:

• antes de + infinitive when the subject is the same
• antes de que + subjunctive when there is a new finite verb, often with a different subject

So:

• Deliberamos antes de arriesgarnos.

  • Same subject: we deliberate, and we risk ourselves.

• Deliberamos antes de que nos arriesguemos.

  • Also possible, but more explicitly clause-like and a bit heavier.

A very useful rule is:

• same subject → antes de + infinitive
• different subject → antes de que + subjunctive

Example:

• Deliberamos antes de que ellos se arriesguen.

Yes. Spanish allows some flexibility.

You can say:

• Deliberamos antes de arriesgarnos.
• Antes de arriesgarnos, deliberamos.

Both are correct. The second version puts more focus on the before risking ourselves part.

It is correct and natural, but it sounds a bit more formal or serious than some everyday alternatives.

Deliberar suggests careful discussion or weighing options, often before an important decision.

In more casual speech, people might also say things like:

• lo pensamos bien
• lo hablamos
• decidimos después de pensarlo

So deliberamos is perfectly fine, but it has a slightly more formal or thoughtful tone.

A broad Spain pronunciation would be roughly:

de-li-be-RA-mos AN-tes de a-ries-GAR-nos

A few useful points:

• d in de and deliberamos is softer than in English
• rr in arriesgarnos is a strong rolled sound
• the stress falls on:
  • deliberamos → ra
  • arriesgarnos → gar

If the rolled rr is difficult, that is very normal for English speakers and takes practice.