Segundo Condicional - (type II) Second Conditional - (type II)
Refiere a una situación hipotética y se forma según la estructura if + simple past + simple condicional. Aquí tienes algunos ejemplos traducidos.
If clause |
Main clause |
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If + Past Simple |
would / could / might + verb |
If I won the lottery, |
I would travel around the world. |
- If I won the lottery, I would travel around the world.
Si ganara la lotería, viajaría por todo el mundo.
- If I were in Brazil, I would go to Rio de Janeiro.
Si yo estuviese en Brasil, iría a Río de Janeiro.
- If I were you, I would buy that car.
Si yo fuese tú, compraría ese auto.
- If he were in my place, he wouldn't do this.
Si él estuviese en mi lugar, no haría esto.
- If I had more money, I would buy a nice apartment.
Si yo tuviese más dinero, me compraría un lindo apartamento.
- If she had more time, she would travel more often.
Si ella tuviera más tiempo, viajaría más a menudo.
- If it were not raining, we could go out.
Si no estuviese lloviendo, podríamos salir.
- If we didn't have to work today, we could have a picnic.
Si no tuviésemos que trabajar hoy, podríamos tener un picnic.
- If they won the lottery, they wouldn't work any more.
Si ellos ganaran la lotería, no trabajarían más.
- If I saw her, I would ask her out.
Si la viera, la invitaría a salir.
- If you went to Brazil, you wouldn't want to come back.
Si fueras a Brazil, no querrías regresar.
- If they spoke Spanish, we would understand them.
Si ellos hablasen español, los entenderíamos.
- If he didn't live by the river, he couldn't go fishing.
Si el no viviera cerca del río, no podría ir a pescar.
- If I didn't want to go, I would tell you.
Si no quisiera ir, te lo diría.
- If they worked for that company, they might have better salaries.
Si ellos trabajaran para esa compañía, podrían tener mejores sueldos.
- If she wrote a book, it would be a best-seller.
Si ella escribiese un libro, sería un best-seller.