podría

could, you could


Verb podría

  1. First-person singular (yo) conditional form of poder.
    Podría ayudar si me dejaran.
    I could help you if you would let me.
  2. Formal second-person singular (usted) conditional form of poder.
  3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted) conditional form of poder.

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Examples
  • El tiempo no podría estar mejor.

    The weather couldn't have been better.

  • Tom se preguntó que tan rápido podría Mary subir una escalera.

    Tom wondered how fast Mary could climb a ladder.

  • Él podría estar en el tren siguiente.

    He may be on the next train.

  • ¿Podría enseñarme su billete de vuelta?

    Could you show me your return ticket?

  • Me podría tomar diez años para comprender completamente lo que he logrado.

    It could take me ten years to fully grasp what I have achieved.

  • No podría haber hecho esto sin él.

    I couldn't have done this without him.

  • Su predicción quizás podría ser acertada.

    His prediction might come true.

  • Una crisis en Francia podría ser mala para los Estados Unidos.

    A crisis in France could be bad for America.

  • Revisa a fondo los arbustos donde el enemigo podría estar escondiéndose.

    Investigate thoroughly the bushes where the enemy may be hiding.

  • Sólo un intelecto masculino nublado por el impulso sexual podría llamar al sexo atrofiado, de hombros estrechos, caderas anchas, y cortas piernas, el sexo débil.

    Only a male intellect clouded by the sexual drive could call the stunted, narrow-shouldered, broad-hipped and short-legged sex the fair sex.

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