Concretamente, hablamos del precio.

Concretamente is an adverb meaning specifically, more precisely, or to be specific. It signals that the speaker is narrowing the topic down to one particular point.

So it gives the sentence a nuance like:

• More specifically, we’re talking about the price.
• To be precise, we’re talking about the price.

In Spain, it sounds natural, though it is slightly more formal or structured than very casual speech. A very common alternative is en concreto.

Because concretamente is being used as a sentence-opening comment word, similar to English specifically at the start of a sentence.

So:

• Concretamente, hablamos del precio.

works like:

• Specifically, we’re talking about the price.

The comma helps separate that introductory adverb from the main statement.

If you move it, the punctuation can change:

• Hablamos concretamente del precio.

This is also possible, but it feels slightly different in emphasis.

Hablamos is the first person plural form of hablar.

That means it corresponds to we talk, we speak, or very often we are talking.

In this sentence, it is understood as present indicative:

• we talk / we are talking

This is very common in Spanish, because the simple present often covers what English would express with the present continuous.

Yes. This is a very common learner question.

For regular -ar verbs, the nosotros form of the present and the preterite looks the same:

• present: hablamos = we talk / we are talking
• preterite: hablamos = we spoke

So how do you know which one it is? Context.

In this sentence, it is understood as present because there is no past-time marker, and the sentence sounds like someone clarifying the current topic.

Compare:

• Ahora hablamos del precio. = present
• Ayer hablamos del precio. = past

Because hablar de algo is the standard way to say to talk about something.

So:

• hablar de un problema
• hablar de política
• hablar del precio

are all normal.

Other options exist, but they are not as neutral:

• hablar sobre = often a bit more formal or academic
• hablar acerca de = also more formal

For everyday Spanish, hablar de is usually the most natural choice.

Because de + el contracts to del.

So:

• de + el precio → del precio

This contraction is normally mandatory.

A similar contraction is:

• a + el → al

One important exception: if El is part of a proper name, the contraction is not used:

• de El Escorial
• de El Salvador

But in ordinary cases like el precio, you must say del precio.

Because Spanish normally uses the definite article here when referring to the specific topic of the price.

So del precio means you are talking about the price as the particular issue under discussion.

You would not normally say:

• hablamos de precio

That sounds incomplete or unnatural in this context.

But you could say:

• hablamos de precios

if you mean we’re talking about prices in general.

So:

• del precio = about the specific price
• de precios = about prices generally

Yes, but the emphasis changes a little.

These are possible:

• Concretamente, hablamos del precio.
  • Sounds like more specifically, we’re talking about the price.
• Hablamos concretamente del precio.
  • Also possible, but now concretamente is more closely tied to the verb phrase.
• En concreto, hablamos del precio.
  • Very natural alternative in Spain.

The version with concretamente at the beginning is especially good when you are narrowing down a broader discussion.

Because Spanish often uses the simple present where English prefers be + -ing.

So:

• hablamos del precio

can naturally mean:

• we talk about the price
• we are talking about the price

Spanish does have the progressive form:

• estamos hablando del precio

but that puts more emphasis on the action being in progress right now. In many contexts, the simple present is the more natural, less heavy option.

A simple pronunciation guide would be:

• Concretamente → con-cre-ta-MEN-te
• hablamos → a-BLA-mos
• del precio → del PRE-thyo

A few useful pronunciation notes for Spain:

• The h in hablamos is silent.
• The stress is on:
  • -men- in concretamente
  • -bla- in hablamos
  • pre- in precio
• In most of Spain, the c in precio is pronounced like English th in think.

So the whole sentence is roughly:

• con-cre-ta-MEN-te, a-BLA-mos del PRE-thyo