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Preferiría no entrar en detalles.

I'd rather not go into detail.

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Why every word is where it is

Preferiría1verbI would preferpreferir · conditional · 1st sing.noadverbnot, noentrar2verbto go into, to enterinfinitiveenprepositionin, on, atdetallesnoundetailsdetalle · masc. · pl..
  • Preferiría → entrar: preferir + infinitive

Why it's built this way

The notes match the numbers above.

  1. 1
    Conditional of politeness: a soft refusal. Conditional: forms and uses →
  2. 2
    entrar en detalles = go into detail.