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Conditional Perfect in Spanish Grammar
Conditional Perfect in Spanish Grammar
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Verb Conjugation in Spanish Conditional Perfect
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Introduction
The conditional perfect (condicional compuesto), is a Spanish compound tense. It is used to
express possibility in the past i.e. actions the could or would have taken place. We can also
express wishes or suppositions about the past.
Learn when to use the conditional perfect in Spanish grammar and master the conjugation of
regular and irregular verbs in this tense. Then test your knowledge in the exercises. In tense
comparison, you will find an overview of all the tenses in Spanish grammar.
Example
Aytana: Si nos hubiérais llamado, lo habríais comprobado. Además nosotros vamos siempre a la
playa. ¿Crees que habríamos dicho que no?
Usage
We use the conditional perfect to express:
completed actions including invitations, requests, wishes, suggestions
Example:
Habrías podido avisarnos.
suppositions about the past i.e. What might have happened?
Example:
Creí que no habríais querido venir.
¿Crees que habríamos dicho que no?
actions that would have taken place in the past under other circumstances
Example:
Si ayer no hubiera llovido, Juanjo y yo habríamos ido a la playa.
Past Participle
Example:
hablar - hablado
aprender - aprendido
vivir - vivido
If there is a vowel before the -ido ending, we have to add an accent on the i of the ending.
This shows us that each vowel needs to be pronounced separately and not as a diphthong.
Example:
leer – leído
traer - traído
Some verbs have an irregular and/or regular participle form. These can be found in the
following list:
verb past participle translation
irregular regular
abrir abierto open
decir dicho say
escribir escrito write
hacer hecho do/make
freír frito freído fry
imprimir impreso imprimido print
morir muerto die
poner puesto place/set
proveer provisto proveído provide
suscrito/
suscribir sign/subscribe
suscripto
ver visto see
return
volver vuelto