escapar Conditional Conjugation
escapar — escape
The conditional of escapar is regular: escaparía, escaparías, escaparía, escaparíamos, escaparíais, escaparían.
escapar Conditional Forms
When to Use the Conditional
Use the conditional to talk about escaping in a hypothetical situation ('I would escape if...') or to make a polite suggestion about getting away.
Notes on escapar in the Conditional
Escapar is regular in the conditional. The stem is the infinitive 'escapar' plus the -ía endings.
Example Sentences
Yo escaparía de aquí si tuviera dinero.
I would escape from here if I had money.
yo
¿Escaparíais vosotros si la puerta estuviera abierta?
Would you all escape if the door were open?
vosotros
Él dijo que escaparía al amanecer.
He said he would escape at dawn.
él/ella/usted
Common Mistakes
Mistake: Confusing escaparía with the imperfect escapaba.
Correct: escaparía (conditional) vs escapaba (past)
Why: Conditional is for 'would', imperfect is for 'used to' or 'was'.
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Related Tenses
Present
yo: escapo
The present tense of escapar is regular: escapo, escapas, escapa, escapamos, escapáis, escapan.
Preterite
yo: escapé
The preterite of escapar is regular: escapé, escapaste, escapó, escapamos, escapasteis, escaparon.
Imperfect
yo: escapaba
The imperfect of escapar follows the regular -aba pattern: escapaba, escapabas, escapaba, escapábamos, escapabais, escapaban.
Future
yo: escaparé
The future tense of escapar uses the infinitive as a base: escaparé, escaparás, escapará, escaparemos, escaparéis, escaparán.
Present Subjunctive
yo: escape
The present subjunctive of escapar uses the 'e' endings: escape, escapes, escape, escapemos, escapéis, escapen.
Imperfect Subjunctive
yo: escapara
The imperfect subjunctive of escapar is formed from the 'ellos' preterite: escapara, escaparas, escapara, escapáramos, escaparais, escaparan.
Affirmative Imperative
yo: escapa
The affirmative imperative of escapar uses: escapa (tú), escapad (vosotros), and subjunctive forms for others.
Negative Imperative
yo: no escapes
The negative imperative of escapar uses the present subjunctive forms: no escapes, no escape, no escapemos, no escapéis, no escapen.