traspapelar

Spanish

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Spanish tras-

Ancient Greek πάπυρος (pápuros)bor.

Latin papȳrusslbor.

Old Catalan paperbor.

Old Spanish papel

Spanish papel

Spanish -ar

Spanish traspapelar

From tras- + papel + -ar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɾaspapeˈlaɾ/ [t̪ɾas.pa.peˈlaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: tras‧pa‧pe‧lar

Verb

traspapelar (first-person singular present traspapelo, first-person singular preterite traspapelé, past participle traspapelado)

1. to mislay, misplace
   • 2015 July 23, “El fiscal pide 4 años para un médico por estafar a un paciente del Catsalut”, in El País‎^[1]:

     Lejos de ahondar en un posible caso de doble puerta, Salud cerró la investigación con la multa mínima que podía imponer a la Mútua de Terrassa (6.012 euros) por dos faltas administrativas graves por traspapelar el volante de derivación que envió el Parc Taulí.

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Conjugation

    Conjugation of traspapelar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			traspapelar
gerund			traspapelando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		traspapelado		traspapelada
		plural		traspapelados		traspapeladas
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	traspapelo	traspapelastú traspapelásvos	traspapela	traspapelamos	traspapeláis	traspapelan
	imperfect	traspapelaba	traspapelabas	traspapelaba	traspapelábamos	traspapelabais	traspapelaban
	preterite	traspapelé	traspapelaste	traspapeló	traspapelamos	traspapelasteis	traspapelaron
	future	traspapelaré	traspapelarás	traspapelará	traspapelaremos	traspapelaréis	traspapelarán
	conditional	traspapelaría	traspapelarías	traspapelaría	traspapelaríamos	traspapelaríais	traspapelarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	traspapele	traspapelestú traspapelésvos2	traspapele	traspapelemos	traspapeléis	traspapelen
	imperfect (ra)	traspapelara	traspapelaras	traspapelara	traspapeláramos	traspapelarais	traspapelaran
	imperfect (se)	traspapelase	traspapelases	traspapelase	traspapelásemos	traspapelaseis	traspapelasen
	future1	traspapelare	traspapelares	traspapelare	traspapeláremos	traspapelareis	traspapelaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		traspapelatú traspapelávos	traspapele	traspapelemos	traspapelad	traspapelen
	negative		no traspapeles	no traspapele	no traspapelemos	no traspapeléis	no traspapelen

¹Rare; now chiefly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tuteo-form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of traspapelar

These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
with infinitive traspapelar	dative	traspapelarme	traspapelarte	traspapelarle, traspapelarse	traspapelarnos	traspapelaros	traspapelarles, traspapelarse
	accusative	traspapelarme	traspapelarte	traspapelarlo, traspapelarla, traspapelarse	traspapelarnos	traspapelaros	traspapelarlos, traspapelarlas, traspapelarse
with gerund traspapelando	dative	traspapelándome	traspapelándote	traspapelándole, traspapelándose	traspapelándonos	traspapelándoos	traspapelándoles, traspapelándose
	accusative	traspapelándome	traspapelándote	traspapelándolo, traspapelándola, traspapelándose	traspapelándonos	traspapelándoos	traspapelándolos, traspapelándolas, traspapelándose
with informal second-person singular tuteo imperative traspapela	dative	traspapélame	traspapélate	traspapélale	traspapélanos	not used	traspapélales
	accusative	traspapélame	traspapélate	traspapélalo, traspapélala	traspapélanos	not used	traspapélalos, traspapélalas
with informal second-person singular voseo imperative traspapelá	dative	traspapelame	traspapelate	traspapelale	traspapelanos	not used	traspapelales
	accusative	traspapelame	traspapelate	traspapelalo, traspapelala	traspapelanos	not used	traspapelalos, traspapelalas
with formal second-person singular imperative traspapele	dative	traspapéleme	not used	traspapélele, traspapélese	traspapélenos	not used	traspapéleles
	accusative	traspapéleme	not used	traspapélelo, traspapélela, traspapélese	traspapélenos	not used	traspapélelos, traspapélelas
with first-person plural imperative traspapelemos	dative	not used	traspapelémoste	traspapelémosle	traspapelémonos	traspapelémoos	traspapelémosles
	accusative	not used	traspapelémoste	traspapelémoslo, traspapelémosla	traspapelémonos	traspapelémoos	traspapelémoslos, traspapelémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative traspapelad	dative	traspapeladme	not used	traspapeladle	traspapeladnos	traspapelaos	traspapeladles
	accusative	traspapeladme	not used	traspapeladlo, traspapeladla	traspapeladnos	traspapelaos	traspapeladlos, traspapeladlas
with formal second-person plural imperative traspapelen	dative	traspapélenme	not used	traspapélenle	traspapélennos	not used	traspapélenles, traspapélense
	accusative	traspapélenme	not used	traspapélenlo, traspapélenla	traspapélennos	not used	traspapélenlos, traspapélenlas, traspapélense

Further reading

• “traspapelar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025