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Con avisar habría bastado.
Just letting us know would have been enough.
C2mild reproachAudio · coming soon
Why every word is where it is
Con1prepositionjust (with)avisar1verbletting (us) knowinfinitivehabría2verbwould havehaber · conditional · 3rd sing.bastado3verbbeen enoughbastar · participle · masc. · sing..
- Con → avisar: con + infinitive: sufficient condition
- habría → bastado: habría + participle
- avisar → bastado: avisar: subject of bastar
Word for word: “With letting know, it would have sufficed.”
Why it's built this way
The notes match the numbers above.
- 1con + infinitive = a sufficient condition: letting us know would have been enough. Conditions without si: como, en caso de que, a menos que, gerund, imperative →
- 2Conditional perfect habría bastado: what would have been enough in the past, a mild reproach. Past unreal conditions: pluperfect subjunctive and conditional perfect →
- 3The infinitive is the subject of bastar, so the verb is 3rd person singular.
Variations
- Con que hubieras avisado, habría bastado.
- Bastaba con avisar.
- Con un mensaje habría sido suficiente.