Can I say 'tu escucha mal' while I want to say - you heard wrong?
Hola

I wonder if escucha mal in spanish means in English, you heard wrong/badly.
Does it refer to the past tense (heard) or to the present verb (hear)?
Can I say 'tu escucha mal' while I want to say - you heard wrong?
Gracias!

PS; I know I'm supposed to punctuate tu with a different letter than in English, but I don't have Spanish letters on this keyboard yet.

Question

Can I say 'tu escucha mal' while I want to say - you heard wrong?
Hola

I wonder if escucha mal in spanish means in English, you heard wrong/badly. 
Does it refer to the past tense (heard) or to the present verb (hear)? 
Can I say 'tu escucha mal' while I want to say -  you heard wrong? 
Gracias!

PS; I know I'm supposed to punctuate tu with a different letter than in English, but I don't have Spanish letters on this keyboard yet.

Answer

Hola Juliet.

Let me help you again.

You heard wrong/badly means in Spanish, tú escuchaste mal.

Escuchaste is the past tense (heard).
Escuchas is the present tense (hear).

Tú escuchas mal means you hear wrong/badly.