Phrase · 🎩 Polite requests and permission
¿Podría cerrar la ventana, por favor?
Could you close the window, please?
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Why every word is where it is
Why it's built this way
The notes match the numbers above.
- 1podría: conditional of poder, the polite way to ask. Third person = usted. Conditional: forms and uses →
- 2por favor softens the request even more.
Variations
- ¿Podrías cerrar la ventana, por favor?
- ¿Le importaría cerrar la ventana?