Perder conditional conjugation
Perder in the conditional: perdería, perderías, perdería, perderíamos, perderíais, perderían.
- to lose; to miss
- stem-changing (e→ie)
- Participle: perdido
- Gerund: perdiendo
Conditional condicional
| yo | perdería |
|---|---|
| tú | perderías |
| él/ella/usted | perdería |
| nosotros | perderíamos |
| vosotros | perderíais |
| ellos/ellas/ustedes | perderían |
How to use perder in the conditional
The conditional (perdería, perderías, perderíamos, perderían) is regular. Use it for hypothetical losses (perderíamos al cliente) and for friendly advice: yo no perdería el tiempo con eso means 'I wouldn't waste time on that'. It also reports earlier predictions: nadie pensaba que perdería. In the past, it can also express a guess: perdería las llaves en el taxi means 'he must have lost his keys in the taxi'. Combine it with si and the imperfect subjunctive for unreal conditions: si llegáramos tarde, perderíamos el vuelo.
Examples
Yo no perdería el tiempo discutiendo con él.
I wouldn't waste my time arguing with him.
Si subimos los precios, perderíamos a varios clientes.
If we raised prices, we'd lose several clients.
Nadie pensaba que la selección perdería ese partido.
Nobody thought the national team would lose that game.
Quick check: perder in the conditional
More perder tenses
- All perder tenses
- Perder present
- Perder preterite
- Perder imperfect
- Perder future
- Perder present subjunctive
- Perder affirmative commands
Other verbs in the conditional
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