trabajar means: to work
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In this Spanish conjugation lesson we will see how to inflect the verb trabajar 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 trabajar conjugation. For a general overview of all the Simple Tenses conjugation have a look at our 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 can see more detailed information on conjugation in this tense as well as explanation of exceptions and special cases.

How to translate Condicional to English

Notice 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 inflected forms are one word long. There are also compound (compuesto) tenses in Spanish language, where each inflected form consists of two words.The verb trabajar has regular conjugation in the Condicional tense of the Indicativo mood. It means that this verb follows the basic rules for its conjugation group (-ar) without any 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 trabajar 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. Check out the image showing all the endings. Notice both the colors and shapes of the letters. They are arranged to help you find patterns and make it easier to remember these endings. Add the regular ending -ía for the first person singular to create trabajaría:

• yo trabajaría – I would work

And once more add the regular ending -ías for the second person singular to create trabajarías:

• tú trabajarías – you would work

Again add the regular ending -ía for the third person singular to create trabajaría:

• él trabajaría – he would work
• ella trabajaría – she would work
• usted trabajaría – (formal) you would work

And similarly add the regular ending -íamos for the first person plural to create trabajaríamos:

• nosotros trabajaríamos – we would work
• nosotras trabajaríamos – (feminine) we would work

Like previously add the regular ending -íais for the second person plural to create trabajaríais:

• vosotros trabajaríais – (plural) you would work
• vosotras trabajaríais – (feminine, plural) you would work

Like in the previous case add the regular ending -ían for the third person plural to create trabajarían:

• ellos trabajarían – they would work
• ellas trabajarían – (feminine) they would work
• ustedes trabajarían – (formal, plural) you would work

That’s it! The conjugation is now finished. The final result looks as follows:

yo	trabajaría	I would work
tú	trabajarías	you would work
él/ella/usted	trabajaría	he/she/it would work
nosotros/nosotras	trabajaríamos	we would work
vosotros/vosotras	trabajaríais	you would work
ellos/ellas/ustedes	trabajarían	they would work

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But do not end your session yet – it is very important to repeat and practice the material in order to retain it. Check below for some links.

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

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