Word
Si hubiera riesgo de huracán durante la entrevista, la compañía la pospondría.
Meaning
If there were a risk of a hurricane during the interview, the company would postpone it.
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Breakdown of Si hubiera riesgo de huracán durante la entrevista, la compañía la pospondría.
de
of
si
if
durante
during
haber
to have
Questions & Answers about Si hubiera riesgo de huracán durante la entrevista, la compañía la pospondría.
Why is hubiera used in the “if” clause instead of a present tense like hay or hubiese habido?
Spanish uses si + imperfect subjunctive to express a hypothetical or unlikely situation in the present (or future). Here, hubiera functions as the imperfect subjunctive of haber meaning “if there were.” You don’t need hubiese habido because you’re not referring to a completed past action, but to a hypothetical risk at the time of the interview.
What’s the difference between hubiera and hubiese?
Both hubiera and hubiese are interchangeable imperfect-subjunctive forms of haber. Usage is mostly a matter of regional or stylistic preference: hubiera is more common in Latin America, while hubiese might appear more in parts of Spain. They both trigger the same conditional result clause.
Why is the result clause in the conditional tense pospondría?
In Spanish conditional sentences of type II (“unreal” or “hypothetical”), when the “si” clause uses imperfect subjunctive, the main clause uses the conditional to show the outcome. Thus pospondría = “would postpone.”
Why is there a la before pospondría? What does it refer to?