iniciar means: to initiate, to begin, to boot, to commence, to initialize, to start, to start off
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In this Spanish conjugation lesson we are going to learn how to inflect the verb iniciar in the Condicional tense of the Indicativo mood. It means we will see step by step how to create and translate forms of each grammatical person.

This lesson is specifically about the iniciar verb conjugation. For a general overview of all the Simple Tenses conjugation see the Simple Tenses Conjugation Chart.

You may also see this Video Presentation on how to conjugate verbs in Condicional. It’s embedded below, but using the above link you will see additional information on conjugation in this tense and explanation of exceptions and special cases.

How to translate Condicional to English

Note that the English phrases provided below next to each conjugation are not direct translations from Spanish to English. They are usually the closest general equivalents. The example differences are:

• In Spanish conjugation, there is the form usted in the third person singular. But this person does not translate to the English third person singular. It translates to the so called formal you and uses the inflected form which is most often represented as he/she/it in English conjugation charts.
• Similar situation happens in the third person plural, where ustedes translates to the English plural formal you but uses the form which corresponds to the they form in English.
• Tenses are used differently in Spanish and English, so the actual translation should always take into account the context and focus on translating the meaning, not just words.
• In both languages each verb may have multiple meanings and not every meaning translates directly to the other language. Here also, the context and focusing on the particular meaning helps to create the most accurate translation.

Step by step instructions

Condicional belongs to the simple tenses group, which means that all of its conjugated forms are one word long. There are also compound (compuesto) tenses in the Spanish language, where each conjugated form consists of two words.The verb iniciar has a completely regular conjugation in the Condicional tense of the Indicativo mood. It means this verb follows the general rules for its group (-ar) without any exceptions, spelling corrections and the like. The basis for this conjugation is the infinitive of this verb, so it’s really simple to create, and only a few exceptions exist.Use the infinitive iniciar in each person. Next, add to the infinitive the endings specific to each person. In this tense we use the exact same endings in each of the three conjugation groups -ar, -er, -ir. See the image on the side showing all the six endings. Notice the colors and shapes of the letters. It will help you find patterns and make it easier to remember these endings. Add the regular ending -ía for the first person singular to create iniciaría:

• yo iniciaría – I would initiate

And add the regular ending -ías for the second person singular to create iniciarías:

• tú iniciarías – you would initiate

And add the regular ending -ía for the third person singular to create iniciaría:

• él iniciaría – he would initiate
• ella iniciaría – she would initiate
• usted iniciaría – (formal) you would initiate

Also as in the previous case add the regular ending -íamos for the first person plural to create iniciaríamos:

• nosotros iniciaríamos – we would initiate
• nosotras iniciaríamos – (feminine) we would initiate

And as before add the regular ending -íais for the second person plural to create iniciaríais:

• vosotros iniciaríais – (plural) you would initiate
• vosotras iniciaríais – (feminine, plural) you would initiate

And add the regular ending -ían for the third person plural to create iniciarían:

• ellos iniciarían – they would initiate
• ellas iniciarían – (feminine) they would initiate
• ustedes iniciarían – (formal, plural) you would initiate

¡Ya está! The conjugation is now complete. The final result looks as follows:

yo	iniciaría	I would initiate
tú	iniciarías	you would initiate
él/ella/usted	iniciaría	he/she/it would initiate
nosotros/nosotras	iniciaríamos	we would initiate
vosotros/vosotras	iniciaríais	you would initiate
ellos/ellas/ustedes	iniciarían	they would initiate

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Next Steps to Perfection To practice this conjugation and test yourself check this Conjugation Exercise or the Memory Game To see other conjugation lessons for this verb choose another tense: PresentePretéritoImperfectoFuturoPretérito Perfecto CompuestoPretérito PluscuamperfectoFuturo PerfectoCondicional PerfectoPretérito Perfecto Compuesto (subjuntivo)Pretérito Pluscuamperfecto A (subjuntivo)Pretérito Pluscuamperfecto B (subjuntivo)Futuro Perfecto (subjuntivo)  For exercises and examples related to iniciar visit our Exercise section To see conjugation charts in all tenses for iniciar visit the Conjugator To explore other learning materials visit the Study section

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