Spanish Conditional Perfect - Spanish Past Conditional - Condicional perfecto

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Spanish Conditional Perfect / Past Conditional - Condicional perfecto

The Spanish past conditional (aka conditional perfect) is used to indicate an action that would have occurred in the past if a certain condition had been met. The latter can be stated or implied.

The conditional perfect is used in two main ways:

1.	To express something that would have happened, often in conditional sentences (si clauses):
	Él lo habría dicho.	He would have said it.
	Si yo hubiera sabido, habría ido contigo.	If I had known, I would have gone with you.
	¿Habrías comprado el libro si te hubiera dicho?	Would you have bought the book if I had told you?

2.	To express probability or supposition in the past:
	Lucas habría comido antes de salir.	Lucas had probably already eaten.
	Habrían sido las dos cuando llegamos.	It must have been 2 o'clock when we arrived.

Conjugating the Spanish Conditional Perfect

The conditional perfect is a compound verb formed with the conditional of the auxiliary verb haber + the past participle of the main verb.

HABLAR
yo	habría hablado	nosotros	habríamos hablado
tú	habrías hablado	vosotros	habríais hablado
él ella Ud.	habría hablado	ellos ellas Uds.	habrían hablado

SALIR
yo	habría salido	nosotros	habríamos salido
tú	habrías salido	vosotros	habríais salido
él ella Ud.	habría salido	ellos ellas Uds.	habrían salido

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