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What would happen — for hypotheticals and politeness.
- Formação regular: infinitivo + -ia / -ias / -ia / -íamos / -iamadded to the WHOLE infinitive; note the accent on the nós formfalar → falaria; comer → comeria
- falaria / falarias / falariaI/you/he (falar) — conditional; eu and ele share one formI/you/he would speak
- falaríamos / falariamwe/they (falar) — conditional; nós is proparoxytone (falaríamos)we/they would speak
- comeria / comerias / comeriaI/you/he (comer) — conditionalI/you/he would eat
- comeríamos / comeriamwe/they (comer) — conditional; accent on comeríamoswe/they would eat
- dormiria / dormirias / dormiriaI/you/he (dormir) — conditionalI/you/he would sleep
- dormiríamos / dormiriamwe/they (dormir) — conditionalwe/they would sleep
- trabalharia / trabalharias / trabalhariaI/you/he (trabalhar) — conditionalI/you/he would work
- trabalharíamos / trabalhariamwe/they (trabalhar) — conditionalwe/they would work
- Irregular stems: same as the future (3 verbs only)fazer/dizer/trazer drop a syllable: far-, dir-, trar-fazer → faria; dizer → diria; trazer → traria
- faria / farias / fariaI/you/he (fazer) — irregular stem far-I/you/he would do/make
- faríamos / fariamwe/they (fazer) — conditional; accent on faríamoswe/they would do/make
- diria / dirias / diriaI/you/he (dizer) — irregular stem dir-I/you/he would say
- diríamos / diriamwe/they (dizer) — conditionalwe/they would say
- traria / trarias / trariaI/you/he (trazer) — irregular stem trar-I/you/he would bring
- teria / terias / teriaI/you/he (ter) — regular stem (ter + -ia)I/you/he would have
- teríamos / teriamwe/they (ter) — conditionalwe/they would have
- seria / serias / seriaI/you/he (ser) — regular stem (ser + -ia)I/you/he would be
- seríamos / seriamwe/they (ser) — conditionalwe/they would be
- poderia / poderias / poderiaI/you/he (poder) — regular stem (poder + -ia)I/you/he could / would be able to
- veria / verias / veriaI/you/he (ver) — regular stem (ver + -ia)I/you/he would see
- Gostaria de + infinitivopolite 'I would like to' — softer than 'quero'Gostaria de reservar uma mesa = I would like to book a table
- Poderia + infinitivo?polite request 'Could you…?'Poderia ajudar-me? = Could you help me?
- Se + imperfeito do conjuntivo, + condicionalhypothetical 'if… then would…'Se pudesse, viajaria mais = If I could, I would travel more
- Em pt-PT falado, o imperfeito substitui o condicional (cortesia)everyday speech: gostava/podia replace gostaria/poderiaGostava de um café = I'd like a coffee (instead of Gostaria)