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Debéis entregar el borrador para el miércoles.

Debéis entregar el borrador para el miércoles.
You guys must hand in the draft for Wednesday.
From Lesson 195:Deadlines (para)·Spanish (Spain)

Questions & Answers about Debéis entregar el borrador para el miércoles.

Why do we use para here to say 'for Wednesday' or 'by Wednesday'?
The preposition para is used to express deadlines and exact time limits. In this sentence, para el miércoles sets Wednesday as the absolute deadline by which the draft must be handed in.
Doesn't the word borrador usually mean 'eraser'?
It does! But in the context of writing, business, and documents, borrador also means a 'draft' or 'rough draft.' Since the sentence talks about handing a piece of work in, 'draft' is the correct meaning here.
Why is there no que between debéis and entregar?
The verb deber (must/should) connects directly to an infinitive verb without needing a linking word. You might be confusing it with the phrase tener que (to have to), which does require que before the infinitive, as in tenéis que entregar.
Who exactly is being addressed with the verb debéis?
The verb debéis is the vosotros (you all) form, used in Spain to address a group of people informally. If this were spoken in Latin America, or in a formal setting in Spain, the speaker would use the ustedes form and say deben.

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