Necesito llenar el formulario en la oficina.

I need to fill out the form in the office.

Breakdown of Necesito llenar el formulario en la oficina.

• yo: I
• en: in
• necesitar: to need
• la oficina: the office
• llenar: to fill out
• el formulario: the form

Questions & Answers about Necesito llenar el formulario en la oficina.

What does llenar mean in this sentence?

Here llenar means “to fill out” (a form). In English you’d say “I need to fill out the form.”

Why is the structure necesito + infinitive used here instead of tener que or necesitar que?

• necesito + infinitive expresses your own need: “I need to do something.”
• tengo que + infinitive expresses obligation or duty: “I have to do something.”
• necesito que + subjunctive asks someone else to do it: “I need you to fill out the form” → Necesito que llenes el formulario.

So Necesito llenar… simply means “I need to fill out…”

Why is it el formulario instead of un formulario?

• El formulario (definite article) refers to a specific form that both speaker and listener know about.
• Un formulario (indefinite) would mean “any form.”
• Spanish often uses the definite article where English might use no article or an indefinite one.

Why do we say en la oficina and not a la oficina?

• en + place indicates location (“at the office”).
• a + place indicates movement toward (“to the office”).
Since you’re filling the form at that location, you use en la oficina.

How would I replace el formulario with a direct object pronoun?

You attach the pronoun lo (masculine singular) to the infinitive:
– Necesito llenarlo en la oficina.
You could also front the pronoun (less common):
– Lo necesito llenar en la oficina.

Can I use rellenar instead of llenar here?

Yes. Both verbs mean “to fill out” a form. Usage tends to vary by region:
– In Spain rellenar is very common.
– In much of Latin America llenar is more frequent, but everyone will understand rellenar.

How do you pronounce formulario and where is the stress?

The word is four syllables: for–mu–LA–rio. Stress falls on the penultimate syllable LA.
Phonetic: /foɾ.muˈla.ɾjo/