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Phrase · 🤝 Negotiating and reaching agreements

Tendría que consultarlo con la dirección antes de comprometerme.

I'd have to check with management before committing.

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Why every word is where it is

Tendría1verbI would havetener · conditional · 1st sing.queconjunctionthatconsultarloverbto consult about it, to check itconsultar · infinitiveconprepositionwithladeterminertheel · fem. · sing. · definitedirección2nounmanagement; address; directionfem. · sing.antesadverbbeforedeprepositionof, fromcomprometerme3verbto commit myselfcomprometer · infinitive.
  • Tendría → consultarlo: tener que + infinitive
  • antes → comprometerme: antes de + infinitive

Why it's built this way

The notes match the numbers above.

  1. 1
    The conditional makes the delay sound polite: I would have to… Modal and stylistic uses of tenses →
  2. 2
    la dirección = management, the board.
  3. 3
    antes de + infinitive, with the pronoun attached: before I commit. Non-finite clauses: infinitive, gerund and participle constructions →