Voy a grapar los folios antes de entregar el informe.

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Breakdown of Voy a grapar los folios antes de entregar el informe.

• antes de: before
• el informe: the report
• ir a: to be going to

Questions & Answers about Voy a grapar los folios antes de entregar el informe.

Why is voy a grapar used here instead of just grapo or graparé?

Voy a + infinitive is a very common way to talk about something you are going to do in the near future.

So voy a grapar means I’m going to staple.

Comparison:

• Grapo los folios = I staple / I am stapling the sheets
• Voy a grapar los folios = I’m going to staple the sheets
• Graparé los folios = I will staple the sheets

In everyday speech, voy a + infinitive is often more common than the simple future.

What does grapar mean exactly?

Grapar means to staple.

In this sentence, grapar los folios means to staple the sheets of paper together.

A useful related noun is:

• la grapa = staple
• la grapadora = stapler

In Spain, grapar is a normal everyday verb. In some other Spanish-speaking regions, you may also hear engrapar.

What does folios mean? Does it mean folders?

No. Folios here means sheets of paper, not folders.

In Spain, un folio usually means a sheet of paper, often standard office paper. So:

• los folios = the sheets of paper

This is a very Spain-specific everyday word. A learner might expect something like papeles, but folios is very natural in Spain.