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Hicimos un trato por el piso y firmamos el acuerdo.

Hicimos un trato por el piso y firmamos el acuerdo.
We made a deal for the flat and signed the agreement.
From Lesson 199:Exchange and price (por)·Spanish (Spain)

Questions & Answers about Hicimos un trato por el piso y firmamos el acuerdo.

Why do we use por instead of para in this sentence?
In this lesson, we are looking at how por is used for exchanges, prices, or transactions. Here, they are making a deal in exchange for or to buy the flat, so we use por el piso. If you used para, it would sound like you made a deal as a gift intended for the flat itself!
Is piso the most common word for 'flat' or 'apartment' in Spain?
Yes, in Spain, el piso is the standard everyday word for a residential flat or apartment. You might sometimes see el apartamento, but in Spain that usually refers specifically to a smaller holiday home, often at the beach or in the mountains.
The sentence uses both un trato and el acuerdo. What is the difference between them?
They are very similar in meaning, but un trato is usually a 'deal' or a bargain, often a verbal one. El acuerdo translates to 'the agreement' and sounds a bit more formal. That makes perfect sense here because it refers to the actual document that they signed (firmamos).
Firmamos can mean 'we sign' (present) or 'we signed' (past). How do we know it is in the past tense here?
You have to look at the surrounding context. Because the first verb in the sentence is hicimos (we made), which is definitely in the past tense, it sets the timeline for the whole statement. This makes it clear that firmamos is also a completed action in the past.

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