"¡Te podrías haber pasado algo!" translation?
This sentence came from a "find and correct any mistakes" exercise in a workbook I have. I translated it as "You may have omitted something" assuming that pasarse was used meaning "to miss out(omitir)" as found defined here in SpanishDict. Is my translation wrong?
The workbook answer was that prodrías should have been podría which, I think would make the translation(loosely) be: "You may have been infected with something"
What do you think?
2 Answers
Let me see if I'm not misunderstanding your question. Yes, it's bad... in this case pasado (pasar) means happened (to happen), and the sentences is referring to an accident. So.. the correct translation is: You could have an accident! (Well... it's not literal, but it works)
About the sentences: ¡Te podrías haber pasado algo! There's a mistake in the conjugation of the verb poder The correct is: ¡Te pudo haber pasado algo! or ¡Te Podría haber pasado algo!
This help?
Te podría haber pasado algo would mean "He/ she/ I could have given you something."
That could mean a sickness, or something else- drugs, money, etc.
