salvar means: to save
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In this conjugation lesson we are going to learn how to inflect the verb salvar 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 salvar conjugation. For a general overview of all the Simple Tenses conjugation have a look at 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 may get 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 the conjugated forms are one word long. There are also compound (compuesto) tenses in the Spanish language, where each inflected form consists of two words.The verb salvar has a completely regular conjugation in the Condicional tense of the Indicativo mood. It means this verb just follows the basic rules for its conjugation group (-ar) without exceptions. 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 salvar 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. Analyze the image showing all six endings. Note the shapes and colors 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 salvaría:

• yo salvaría – I would save

And as before add the regular ending -ías for the second person singular to create salvarías:

• tú salvarías – you would save

And one more time add the regular ending -ía for the third person singular to create salvaría:

• él salvaría – he would save
• ella salvaría – she would save
• usted salvaría – (formal) you would save

And exactly as previously add the regular ending -íamos for the first person plural to create salvaríamos:

• nosotros salvaríamos – we would save
• nosotras salvaríamos – (feminine) we would save

Like in the previous case add the regular ending -íais for the second person plural to create salvaríais:

• vosotros salvaríais – (plural) you would save
• vosotras salvaríais – (feminine, plural) you would save

Once more add the regular ending -ían for the third person plural to create salvarían:

• ellos salvarían – they would save
• ellas salvarían – (feminine) they would save
• ustedes salvarían – (formal, plural) you would save

That’s it! The conjugation is now finished. Put together, the conjugation chart looks like this:

yo	salvaría	I would save
tú	salvarías	you would save
él/ella/usted	salvaría	he/she/it would save
nosotros/nosotras	salvaríamos	we would save
vosotros/vosotras	salvaríais	you would save
ellos/ellas/ustedes	salvarían	they would save

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Next Steps to Perfection To practice this conjugation and test yourself try 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 salvar visit our Exercise section To see conjugation charts in all tenses for salvar visit the Conjugator To explore other learning materials visit the Study section

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