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Necesito el reembolso para hacer la compra.

Necesito el reembolso para hacer la compra.
I need the refund to do the shopping.
From Lesson 343:Impersonal statements (llaman, dicen)·Spanish (Spain)

Questions & Answers about Necesito el reembolso para hacer la compra.

Why is it para hacer and not por hacer?
We use para here because it expresses a purpose or goal. You need the refund in order to do the shopping. If you used por, it would change the meaning to say you need the refund because of doing the shopping (a cause rather than a goal).
Does hacer la compra mean any kind of shopping?
No, hacer la compra specifically means doing the grocery shopping or buying regular household essentials. If you were going shopping for clothes or buying things for fun, you would use the phrase ir de compras.
Why is hacer left in its infinitive form instead of being conjugated?
Whenever a verb comes immediately after a preposition like para, por, de, or en, it must stay in its infinitive (dictionary) form. Since there is only one person doing the action here (I need the refund, and I will do the shopping), we simply use para + infinitive.

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