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How to Say "would explain" in Spanish

The Spanish word forwould explainis explicaríaB1 level.

English → SpanishB1
verbB1
hypothetical situation
A friendly teacher using a pointer to show a colorful solar system to a curious student.

Examples

Yo te lo explicaría si tuviera más tiempo.

I would explain it to you if I had more time.

¿Usted me explicaría cómo llegar al museo?

Would you explain to me how to get to the museum?

Él dijo que nos lo explicaría más tarde.

He said that he would explain it to us later.

The 'Would' Form

This word is the conditional (the 'would' form) of 'explicar'. You create it by taking the full infinitive 'explicar' and adding '-ía'.

Shared Forms

In Spanish, the 'I' (yo) and 'He/She/You-formal' (él/ella/usted) forms of this tense look exactly the same: 'explicaría'.

Missing the Accent

Mistake:explicaria

Correction: explicaría

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