would

Significado (Inglés)

Verb

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

Sinónimos

hypothetical

might

will

should

would have

soon

🔜

suppose

would that

shall

had

if only

ought

erstwhile

Traducciones

würde

zouden

wollte

Use the conditional tense

Use the conjunctive mood

Use the conditional tense

vouloir

istemek

solere

volere

volli

veuillez

würden

Use the imperfect tense

immer ’’for emphasis on the repetitive nature

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/wʊd/

Etimología (Inglés)

Heredado de inglés antiguo: wolde

In summary

From Old English wolde, past tense of willan, predecessor of will.
The loss of /l/ in this word is probably due to weak stress, as in should and could (though in the latter, the /l/ was due to the analogy of the former two).

Oraciones

Why would I want to do that ?

¿Por qué querría hacer eso?

I thought that everything I owned would be destroyed .

Pensé que todo lo que poseía sería destruido.

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.

How many slices would you like Santiago ?

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

Preferiríamos que su búsqueda se realice discretamente.