Phrase · 🤨 Expressing reservations
Me extrañaría mucho que aceptaran esas condiciones.
I'd be very surprised if they accepted those terms.
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Why every word is where it is
Mepronounme, to me, myselfyo · 1st sing.extrañaría1verbwould surpriseextrañar · conditional · 3rd sing.muchoadverba lot, muchqueconjunctionthataceptaran2verbthey accepted (subj.)aceptar · subjunctive · imperfect · 3rd pl.esasdeterminerthoseese · fem. · pl.condicionesnounconditions, termscondición · fem. · pl..
- Me → extrañaría: experiencer
- extrañaría → aceptaran: sequence of tenses
- esas → condiciones: f. pl.
Why it's built this way
The notes match the numbers above.
- 1me extraña que works like gustar; the conditional makes it hypothetical. Conditional: forms and uses →
- 2After a conditional, the imperfect subjunctive: extrañaría … que aceptaran. Sequence of tenses in the subjunctive →