Potencial - Spanish Conditional

The conditional is one of the simplest Spanish verb forms. There is only one set of endings and most verbs - even those which are irregular in the present tense - use their infinitive as the root of the conjugation.

To form the conditional of -AR, -ER, and -IR verbs, add the appropriate ending to the infinitive.

	Singular		Plural
1st person	yo	-ía	nosotros	-íamos
2nd person	tú	-ías	vosotros	-íais
3rd person	él ella Ud.	-ía	ellos Uds.	-ían

Some verbs have irregular conditional stems, but they still use the same endings as regular verbs. The following table lists verbs with irregular future stems (note that the stem always ends in R, and that these are the exact same as the irregular future stems):

Verb	Conditional stem	Similarly-conjugated verbs
caber	cabr-
decir	dir-
haber	habr-
hacer	har-
oír	oir- *
poder	podr-
poner	pondr-	componer, disponer, imponer, proponer, reponerse, suponer
querer	querr-
reír	reir- *	sonreír
saber	sabr-
salir	saldr-
tener	tendr-	contener, detener, mantener, obtener, retener
valer	valdr-
venir	vendr-

* These verbs lose their accent when used as conditional stems.

Here are examples of -AR, -ER, -IR, and irregular verbs in the conditional:

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