This is what I would have said.
Source: tatoeba (1346)
Would
/wəd/
Synonyms for "would" (10 found)
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Related word relations
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More general
3 entriesmodal auxiliary verbpast tense usagepoliteness strategy
More specific
7 entriesconditional actioncourtesy requestgentle requesthabitual actionhypothetical actionrepeated actionsoft request
Collocations
6 entriesDerivations
1 entriesTranslations
51 translations across 12 languages.
Dutch
4 entries- Gelieve de TV uit te schakelen verb (used to express a polite request)
- a.u.b. verb (used to express a polite request)
- gelieve verb (used to express a polite request)
- zou verb (indicating a possible (but not definite) future action or state)
Esperanto
4 entries- We sat on the bench verb (indicating a possible (but not definite) future action or state)
- bonvoli verb (used to express a polite request)
- mi petas? verb (used to express a polite request)
- ĉu la buso malfruos ĉi tiun fojon. verb (indicating a possible (but not definite) future action or state)
Finnish
1 entries- We sat on the bench verb (indicating a possible (but not definite) future action or state)
French
4 entries- Pourriez-vous verb (used to express a polite request)
- Veuillez éteindre la télévision verb (used to express a polite request)
- We sat on the bench verb (indicating a possible (but not definite) future action or state)
- pouvoir verb (used to express a polite request)
German
2 entries- We sat on the bench verb (indicating a possible (but not definite) future action or state)
- ob der Bus diesmal zu spät käme. verb (indicating a possible (but not definite) future action or state)
Hungarian
4 entries- Megtennéd verb (used to express a polite request)
- We sat on the bench verb (indicating a possible (but not definite) future action or state)
- hogy ezúttal elkésik-e a busz. verb (indicating a possible (but not definite) future action or state)
- hogy kikapcsolod a tv-t? verb (used to express a polite request)
Italian
4 entries- Vuole spegnere la televisione verb (used to express a polite request)
- We sat on the bench verb (indicating a possible (but not definite) future action or state)
- per favore? verb (used to express a polite request)
- per favore? verb (used to express a polite request)
Portuguese
4 entries- Poderia desligar a televisão verb (used to express a polite request)
- We sat on the bench verb (indicating a possible (but not definite) future action or state)
- por favor verb (used to express a polite request)
- por favor? verb (used to express a polite request)
Russian
4 entries- We sat on the bench verb (indicating a possible (but not definite) future action or state)
- Выключите verb (used to express a polite request)
- опоздает ли автобус. verb (indicating a possible (but not definite) future action or state)
- пожалуйста verb (used to express a polite request)
Spanish
4 entries- We sat on the bench verb (indicating a possible (but not definite) future action or state)
- conditional tense verb (indicating a possible (but not definite) future action or state)
- por favor verb (used to express a polite request)
- por favor? verb (used to express a polite request)
Swedish
2 entries- We sat on the bench verb (indicating a possible (but not definite) future action or state)
- skulle verb (indicating a possible (but not definite) future action or state)
Turkish
1 entries- We sat on the bench verb (indicating a possible (but not definite) future action or state)
Sample sentences
55 total sentences available.
It would take forever for me to explain everything.
Source: tatoeba (1347)
It would be something I'd have to program.
Source: tatoeba (1351)
If I could send you a marshmallow, Trang, I would.
Source: tatoeba (1365)
Showing 4 of 55 available sentences.