Present
Presente · now, habits and facts
- yo I misfile
- tú you misfile
- usted, él, ella he/she misfiles
- nosotros we misfile
- vosotros Spain you all misfile
- ustedes, ellos, ellas they misfile
SPANISH VERB
traspapelar
to misfile, to mislay (a paper)
- Regular -ar verb
- Gerund: traspapelando
- Past participle: traspapelado
Conjugation
Tap any form to hear it. The part that changes is in colour.
Past
Pretérito indefinido · finished actions
- yo I misfiled
- tú you misfiled
- usted, él, ella he/she misfiled
- nosotros we misfiled
- vosotros Spain you all misfiled
- ustedes, ellos, ellas they misfiled
Imperfect
Pretérito imperfecto · “used to” and “was …ing”
- yo I used to misfile
- tú you used to misfile
- usted, él, ella he/she used to misfile
- nosotros we used to misfile
- vosotros Spain you all used to misfile
- ustedes, ellos, ellas they used to misfile
Future
Futuro · plans and promises; in speech, “voy a hablar” is just as common
- yo I will misfile
- tú you will misfile
- usted, él, ella he/she will misfile
- nosotros we will misfile
- vosotros Spain you all will misfile
- ustedes, ellos, ellas they will misfile
Conditional
Condicional · “would”
- yo I would misfile
- tú you would misfile
- usted, él, ella he/she would misfile
- nosotros we would misfile
- vosotros Spain you all would misfile
- ustedes, ellos, ellas they would misfile
Present subjunctive
Presente de subjuntivo · wishes, doubts, “que …”
- yo (that) I misfile
- tú (that) you misfile
- usted, él, ella (that) he/she misfile
- nosotros (that) we misfile
- vosotros Spain (that) you all misfile
- ustedes, ellos, ellas (that) they misfile
Past subjunctive
Imperfecto de subjuntivo · “if I were”, “si …”
- yo (if) I misfiled
- tú (if) you misfiled
- usted, él, ella (if) he/she misfiled
- nosotros (if) we misfiled
- vosotros Spain (if) you all misfiled
- ustedes, ellos, ellas (if) they misfiled
Imperative
Imperativo · requests and orders; a negative one uses the subjunctive (no hables)
- tú misfile!
- usted misfile! (formal)
- nosotros misfile! (let’s)
- vosotros Spain misfile! (all of you)
- ustedes misfile! (all of you)
How to use traspapelar
One sentence for each tense, the way people say it.
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Present
En esta oficina se traspapela todo lo importante.
In this office everything important gets misfiled.
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Past
Alguien traspapeló mi solicitud y tengo que presentarla otra vez.
Someone misfiled my application and I have to submit it again.
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Imperfect
El antiguo secretario traspapelaba la mitad de las facturas.
The old secretary misfiled half the invoices.
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Future
Si lo dejas en esa mesa, se traspapelará seguro.
If you leave it on that table, it'll get lost for sure.
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Conditional
Con carpetas de colores no se traspapelaría nada.
With coloured folders nothing would get misfiled.
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Present subjunctive
Guarda el contrato donde no se traspapele.
Put the contract somewhere it won't get mislaid.
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Past subjunctive
Si se traspapelara la partida de nacimiento, sería un lío.
If the birth certificate got mislaid, it'd be a mess.
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Imperative
¡Traspapela ese recibo y verás cómo se enfada Encarna!
Mislay that receipt and you'll see how cross Encarna gets!
Good to know
- A paper that has slipped in among other papers "se ha traspapelado". For keys or glasses you say "perder" or "extraviar".
Where you hear traspapelar
The lessons that teach a form of it, and how they say it.
Spanish · Fluency Level 2
- Aquí, cuando un documento se traspapela, lo buscamos todos. Here, when a document gets misfiled, we all look for it.
- Una vez se traspapeló un legajo entero, y apareció a los dos días. Once a whole bundle got misfiled, and it turned up two days later.
- Si dejas los apuntes en el sofá, se te van a traspapelar. If you leave your notes on the sofa, they're going to get mislaid.
Verbs like this one
The same pattern, on other verbs: regular -ar verb.