would

Significado (English)

Verb

1. Past tense of will; usually followed by a bare infinitive.
2. Past tense of will; usually followed by a bare infinitive.
3. Past tense of will; usually followed by a bare infinitive.
4. Past tense of will; usually followed by a bare infinitive.
5. Past tense of will; usually followed by a bare infinitive.
6. Past tense of will; usually followed by a bare infinitive.
7. (obsolete) Past tense of will; usually followed by a bare infinitive.
8. A modal verb, the subjunctive of will; usually followed by a bare infinitive.
9. A modal verb, the subjunctive of will; usually followed by a bare infinitive.
10. A modal verb, the subjunctive of will; usually followed by a bare infinitive.
11. A modal verb, the subjunctive of will; usually followed by a bare infinitive.
12. A modal verb, the subjunctive of will; usually followed by a bare infinitive.
13. A modal verb, the subjunctive of will; usually followed by a bare infinitive.
14. A modal verb, the subjunctive of will; usually followed by a bare infinitive.
15. A modal verb, the subjunctive of will; usually followed by a bare infinitive.

Noun

Something that would happen, or would be the case, under different circumstances; a potentiality.

Intj

Ellipsis of I would: used to denote that the speaker finds another person sexually attractive.

Conceptos

Use the conditional tense

por favor

Use the imperfect tense

ría

-ía

Synonyms

hypothetical

might

will

should

would have

soon

🔜

suppose

would that

shall

had

if only

ought

erstwhile

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/wʊd/

Etimología (English)

Inherited from inglés antiguo: wolde

In summary

From Old English wolde, past tense of willan, predecessor of will.

Oraciones

How would you like a punch in the nose ?

¿Cómo te gustaría un golpe en la nariz?

I thought that everything I owned would be destroyed .

Pensé que todo lo que poseía sería destruido.

And after the bath a shave would not be bad .

Y después del baño, un afeitado no sería malo.

It would have been visible to me , had I only looked up as it passed .

Hubiera sido visible para mí, si solo hubiera levantado la vista al pasar.

They would go out together dancing or to the opera or theatre .

Salían juntos bailando o a la ópera o al teatro.

Paul would be working in Nottingham .

Paul estaría trabajando en Nottingham.

We would prefer for your search to be carried out discreetly .

Preferiríamos que su búsqueda se realice discretamente.

I would like to carve a wooden dolphin .

Me gustaría tallar un delfín de madera.