would

Senso (Inglese)

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.

Concetti

Use the conditional tense

volli

volere

solere

-rebbe

-rebbero

-rei

-reste

decoro

-resti

Use the imperfect tense

volei

-ranno

sinonimi

hypothetical

might

will

should

would have

soon

🔜

suppose

would that

shall

had

if only

ought

erstwhile

Traduzioni

würde

zouden

Use the conditional tense

Use the conjunctive mood

Use the conditional tense

wollte

istemek

vouloir

por favor

θα

si seulement

werden

Use the imperfect tense

veuillez

arzulamak

Pronunciato come (IPA)

/wʊd/

Etimologia (Inglese)

Ereditato da inglese antico: 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).

Frasi

Why would I want to do that ?

Perché dovrei farlo?

I thought that everything I owned would be destroyed .

Pensavo che tutto ciò che possedevo sarebbe stato distrutto.

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

Uscivano insieme ballando o in opera o teatro.

Paul would be working in Nottingham .

Paul avrebbe lavorato a Nottingham.

How many slices would you like Santiago ?

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

Preferiremmo che la tua ricerca venga effettuata discretamente.