Breakdown of No gastaría demasiado; donaría parte del premio.
no
no, not
del
from the / of the
demasiado
too much / too
el premio
prize
Questions & Answers about No gastaría demasiado; donaría parte del premio.
How do we form gastaría and donaría?
These verbs are in the conditional tense, which is used to express what you "would" do. To form it for regular verbs like gastar (to spend) and donar (to donate), you keep the entire infinitive and add the conditional ending directly to the end. For "I" (as well as "he/she/you formal"), that ending is -ía.
Wait, couldn't gastaría and donaría also mean "he would spend" or "she would donate"?
Yes, absolutely! In the conditional tense, the yo (I) and the él/ella/usted (he/she/you formal) forms share the exact same endings. This sentence could just as easily mean "He wouldn't spend too much..." We only know it means "I" here because of the English translation provided. In real conversations, context makes it clear, or you can explicitly include a pronoun like yo or él to avoid confusion.
Why doesn't demasiado change its ending here?
Just as a refresher, why is it del premio and not de el premio?