would

Pronúncia: wʊd
    auxiliary verb
    [conditional tense]
  1. if you asked him he would come si li ho demanessis vindria.
  2. he said he would  (come) va dir que vindria.
  3. if you had asked him he would have come si li ho haguessis demanat hauria vingut.
  4. I would like you to do it now m’agradaria que ho fessis ara.

  5. [emphatic conditional]
  6. you would (be the one to) forget! havies de ser tu qui ho havia d’oblidar!
  7. [probability]
  8. it would seem so (sembla \ semblaria) que sí.
  9. it would be about eight o’clock deurien ser cap a les vuit.

  10. [conjecture]
  11. this would be your brother aquest deu ser el teu germà.
  12. what would this be? què deu poder ser això?, què podria ser això?
  13. verb
    [modal]
  14. [wish] what would you have me do? què (vols \ voldries) que fes?
  15. try as he would per més que ho intentés, per més que s’hi esforcés.
  16. the place where I would be allà on m’agradaria (de) ser.
  17. would (that) it were not so tant de bo que no fos així.
  18. would to (God \ heaven) it were not true plagués a Déu que no fos veritat.

  19. [consent]
  20. would you care for a cup of tea? (vols \ t’agradaria) una tassa de te?
  21. would you tell me the time? em pots dir quina hora és?
  22. he would not do it no ho volia fer.

  23. [habit]
  24. she would often come back home exhausted sovint solia tornar a casa molt cansada.
  25. she would paint it every year solia pintar-la cada any.