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The Conditional Perfect is used:
To express an action tat would have occurred if something else had been possible |
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Ella habría cantado, pero tenía un dolor de garganta - She would have sung, but she had a sore throat
Ellos habrían ido, pero no tenían el tiempo - They would have gone, but they didn't have the time |
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| To express what would have happened |
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él me dijo que él habría vendio - He said that he would have come
él sabía que yo habría comprendido - He knew that I would have understood |
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Habría un accidente - There had to have been an accident
él habría mentido en la corte - he had to have lied in court |
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| The conditional perfect, called the potencial compuesto in Spanish, is a compound tense. It is conjugated with Haber |
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Habría - I would have
Habrías - You would have
Habría - He, she, you(pol. sg.) would have
Habríamos - We would have
Habrían - They, you (pol. sg. ) would have |
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Habría hablado - I would have spoken
Habrías hablado - You would have spoken
Habría hablado - He, she, you would have spoken
Habríamos hablado - We would have spoken
Habrían hablado - They, you, would have spoken |
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Habría comido - I would have eaten
Habrías comido
Habría comido
Habríamos comido
Habrían comido |
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| Habría vivido - I would have lived |
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me Habría lavado = I would have washed myself
te Habrías lavado
se Habría lavado
nos Habríamos lavado
se Habría lavado |
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The conditional perfect is rendered in English generally as: |
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| Alfonso habría dicho - Alfonso would have said |
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Habría habido - There would have been
Habría habido un problema, pero no pasó nada - There would have been a problem, but nothing happened
Habría habido muchos estudianted allí, pero llovió |
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Habría habido que - it would have been necessary to
Habría habido que ir a Tegucigalpa - It would have been necessary to go to Tegucigalpa |
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Vocabulary tip!
As with the conditional tense, the conditional perfect tense is often followed by the conjunction pero/but |
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| Julio se habría levantado temprano, pero estaba muy cansado - Julio would have gotten up early, but he was very tired |
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