The translation of the sentence is missing. Why is there hubieras after si?
El Condicional Perfecto is used in Spanish to say something would have happened.
| yo | habría | |
| tú | habrías | |
| él / ella / Ud. | habría | + past participle |
| nosotros | habríamos | |
| vosotros | habríais | |
| ellos /ellas / Uds. | habrían |
This is how to form El Condicional Perfecto:
haber in the conditional + past participle of second verb
Look at these examples of irregular verbs in El Condicional Perfecto:
Yo habría escrito un libro.
I would have written a book.
Tú habrías frito las patatas.
You would have fried the potatoes.
Él habría abierto la puerta.
He would have opened the door.
Nosotros no habríamos puesto los libros en la mesa.
We wouldn't have put the books on the table.
Vosotros habríais resuelto el problema.
You would have solved the problem.
Ellos no habrían roto la muñeca.
They wouldn't have broken the doll.
Yo no te habría dicho mentiras.
I would not have told you lies.
¿Qué habrías hecho tú en mi situación?
What would you have done in my situation?
Él no te habría contradicho enfrente de tus alumnos.
He wouldn't have contradicted you in front of your pupils.
Notice how the endings of the participles are -to or -cho.
Special case: verb "pudrir/pudrirse" (to rot/to go off)
This verb doesn't change the ending to -to or -cho; it keeps the irregular form -ido, however the -u from the stem changes to -o.
Pudrir -> podrido
"Si hubieras dejado la carne fuera del frigorífico, se habría podrido."
(If you had left the meat outside the fridge, it would have gone off.)
To revise irregular participles see Irregular past participles ending in -to/-cho
See also:
1. Conjugate haber in El Condicional Simple (conditional)
2. List of Irregular Spanish past participles
3. List of Spanish Double Past Participles
Learn more about these related Spanish grammar topics
Examples and resources
Nosotros no habríamos puesto los libros en la mesa.
We wouldn't have put the books on the table.
Yo habría escrito un libro.
I would have written a book.
Tú habrías frito las patatas.
You would have fried the potatoes.
Él no te habría contradicho enfrente de tus alumnos.
He wouldn't have contradicted you in front of your pupils.
Vosotros habríais resuelto el problema.
You would have solved the problem.
¿Qué habrías hecho tú en mi situación?
What would you have done in my situation?
Ellos no habrían roto la muñeca.
They wouldn't have broken the doll.
Yo no te habría dicho mentiras.
I would not have told you lies.
Él habría abierto la puerta.
He would have opened the door.
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InmaKwiziq team member
Hola Emanuel,
Thanks for letting us know. I've just added the English translation.
With reference to "hubieras" after "si", you will find the answer in the links I sent you in your previous comment.
Gracias
Inma
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Special case.
The translation of the sentence is missing. Why is there hubieras after si?
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Examples of compound sentences
Coudl you please add examples of compound sentences with theconjunction si? Or is it covered in another lesson?
Asked 4 months ago
InmaKwiziq team member
Hola Emanuel
Yes, that is covered in a different lesson about the hypothetical "if". Here are two of these lessons:
"Si" followed by El Imperfecto de Subjuntivo.
"Si" followed by El Pluscuamperfecto de Subjuntivo.
I hope this helps,
Saludos
Inma
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Examples of compound sentences
Coudl you please add examples of compound sentences with theconjunction si? Or is it covered in another lesson?
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