El Condicional Perfecto is used in Spanish to say something would have happened.
Learn how to conjugate regular verbs in El Condicional Perfecto in Spanish
It's formed using haber in the conditional plus the past participle of the second verb:
| yo | habría | |
| tú | habrías | |
| él/ella/usted | habría | + past participle |
| nosotros | habríamos | |
| vosotros | habríais | |
| ellos /ustedes | habrían |
Look at these examples of regular verbs in El Condicional Perfecto:
Si lo hubiera sabido antes, yo habría trabajado hasta muy tarde aquel día.If I had known it before, I would have worked until very late that day.
Tú habrías caminado muchos kilómetros para llegar a Santiago de Compostela.You would have walked many kilometers to arrive in Santiago de Compostela.
Pienso que él no habría comprendido toda la explicación de vocabulario sin la ayuda del profesor.I think that he would not have understood the whole vocabulary explanation without the teacher's help.
Ella habría cogido todos los vestidos sin pedir permiso.She would have taken all the dresses without asking for permission.
Conjugate haber in the conditional tense in Spanish (El Condicional Simple)
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Tú habrías caminado muchos kilómetros para llegar a Santiago de Compostela.You would have walked many kilometers to arrive in Santiago de Compostela.
Ella habría cogido todos los vestidos sin pedir permiso.She would have taken all the dresses without asking for permission.
El habría venido a casa antes si no hubiera llovido.He would have come home earlier if it had not rained.
Habrían asistido al concierto de Madonna sin dudarlo.They/you [ustedes] would have attended Madonna's concert without any doubt.
Pienso que él no habría comprendido toda la explicación de vocabulario sin la ayuda del profesor.I think that he would not have understood the whole vocabulary explanation without the teacher's help.
