I didn't miss it on purpose / trashcan VS meeting

Question

No la he fallado a propósito. (la papelera , la basura)

¡No he fallado a propósito! (la is not needed but can be used)

EDIT: and preterite tense for fallar: No la fallé a propósito

I didn't miss it on purpose (throw something and miss)

No quise perderla (la reunión)

No la he perdido a propósito (does this work?)

No he perdido a propósito (no la, does this work?)

Are all of these right and or wrong?

Gracias.

Answer 1

No la he fallado a propósito. (la papelera , la basura) - OK (I didn't miss it on purpose)

¡No he fallado a propósito! (la is not needed but can be used) OK (I didn't miss on purpose)

No la fallé a propósito - Yeah, ok.

No quise perderla (la reunión) OK

No la he perdido a propósito (does this work?) Yeah, although this is less likely in Latin America

No he perdido a propósito (no la, does this work?) No. This means "I didn't lose on purpose".

For missing the meeting, I'd say: No quise perdérmela, no falté a propósito, no fue mi intención faltar...

Answer 2

It's a single event that is over with, so I would use the preterite instead of the past perfect.

Well a guy on a show got sick in a trashcan, so the girl whose office it was said "Did you get any in the trashcan?" and he said "No, he fallado a proposito". I would use the preterite with the missed meeting but I don't know about the missed trashcan. - jeezzle, Aug 13, 2011

You could be right of course, but I definitely heard it the first way. ;) - jeezzle, Aug 13, 2011

Puking on someone's floor has implications that continue to the time of the conversation, so they wuold probably use the perfect in Spain and the preterite in SA. - lorenzo9, Aug 13, 2011

I understood "No, he fallado a proposito" is a sarcastic way of saying "what do you think? I missed it on purpose!(just my taking on it) - Silvia, Aug 13, 2011

Answer 3

One more thing:

Me perdí - I got lost

Me perdí el partido: I missed the game.

Perdí la papelera: I missed the trashcan

The LAST on doesn't use perderSE but just perder to miss the trash right?

Gracias.