quitar means: to quench, to remove, to take off, to unstick
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In this Spanish conjugation lesson we will see how to conjugate the verb quitar 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 quitar verb conjugation. For an overview of all the Simple Tenses conjugation have a look at our Simple Tenses Conjugation Chart.

You may also see the Video Presentation on how to conjugate verbs in Condicional. It’s embedded below, but using the above link you may get 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 the inflected 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 quitar has an entirely regular conjugation in the Condicional tense of the Indicativo mood. It means this verb simply follows the general rules for its group (-ar) without spelling corrections or 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 quitar 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 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 quitaría:

• yo quitaría – I would quench

Again add the regular ending -ías for the second person singular to create quitarías:

• tú quitarías – you would quench

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

• él quitaría – he would quench
• ella quitaría – she would quench
• usted quitaría – (formal) you would quench

And as before add the regular ending -íamos for the first person plural to create quitaríamos:

• nosotros quitaríamos – we would quench
• nosotras quitaríamos – (feminine) we would quench

Also as in the previous case add the regular ending -íais for the second person plural to create quitaríais:

• vosotros quitaríais – (plural) you would quench
• vosotras quitaríais – (feminine, plural) you would quench

And once more add the regular ending -ían for the third person plural to create quitarían:

• ellos quitarían – they would quench
• ellas quitarían – (feminine) they would quench
• ustedes quitarían – (formal, plural) you would quench

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

yo	quitaría	I would quench
tú	quitarías	you would quench
él/ella/usted	quitaría	he/she/it would quench
nosotros/nosotras	quitaríamos	we would quench
vosotros/vosotras	quitaríais	you would quench
ellos/ellas/ustedes	quitarían	they would quench

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

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