Subjunctive Flashcards
It is possible that there be a storm
Es posible que haya tormenta
It was probable that it would happen that
way
Era probable que sucediera así
It may be that this boom lasts
Puede ser que este auge se prolongue
You were running the risk of them seeing
you
Corrías el riesgo de que te vieran/viesen .
Maybe (2)
tal vez
quizá
Maybe it was a real argument. Maybe
they were putting on an act for my
benefit
Tal vez fuera/fuese una discusión autentica. Tal
vez representaran/representasen una comedia en mi honor
Perhaps he should have gone (Le.
‘resigned’)
Tal vez debió irse
Perhaps we didn’t even start up a
conversation
Quizá ni siquiera entabláramos conversación
Perhaps it was sorrow that came through
in my father’s smile
Quizá fuera/fuese pena lo que se traslucía en la sonrisa de mi padre
Perhaps she’ll come tomorrow
Quizá/Tal vez venga mañana
(future indic, used)
Perhaps this is humanity’s true fate
Quiza éste sea el destino auténtico de la
humanidad
Perhaps Spain will be able to playa
particularly active part in reestablishing
peace in Central Europe
Quizá España podrá desempeñar un papel
particularmente activo en el restablecimiento
de la paz en Europa Central
It was, perhaps, an effect of this policy
era, tal vez, un efecto de esta política
(if tal vez does not precede the verb, subj isn’t used)
Perhaps (literary)
acaso
perhaps it is true that (literary)
acaso sea verdad que
‘a generation that would perhaps never again be happy outside its portraits
una generación
que acaso no volviera a ser feliz fuera de sus retratos
Maybe (inf)
A lo mejor
Maybe we’ll meet some people we know
A lo mejor nos encontramos con gente conocida
(no subj for a lo mejor)
He didn’t even mention her. Maybe he’s
forgotten her
Ni siquiera la nombró. A lo mejor se ha
olvidado de ella
(no subj for a lo mejor)
Possibly they’ll arrive tomorrow
Posiblemente lleguen/llegarán mañana
some obscure sensation of uncertainty
which will probably be as uncertain as
the rest
alguna oscura sensación de
incertidumbre, que probablemente será
tan incierta como el resto
You can probably thank Ada for that
Probablemente el mérito sea de Ada
That one eats in this world
depends on women
De las mujeres depende que se coma en el
mundo
Miguel was counting on them ringing
him that night
Miguel eontaba con que lo llamaran
llamasen aquella noche
to advise that
aconsejar que
to encourage to
animar a que
to cause that
causar que
to succeed in
contribuir a que
to take care that
cuidar de que
to tell someone to
decir que
to hinder
dificultar que
to make an effort to
esforzarse porque
to avoid
evitar/impedir que
to require that
exigir que
to be necessary that
hacer falta que
to insist on
insistir/empeñarse en que
to order that
mandar/ordenar que
to need to
necesitar que
to oblige to
obligar a que
to be against
oponerse a que
to ask/request that
pedir que
to allow to
permitir que
to prefer that
preferir que
to prohibit/prevent from
prohibir/impedir que
to want
querer/desear que
to request (literary)
rogar que
to rescue/save from
salvar de que
to be necessary that
ser necesario que
to implore to
suplicar que
to make sure that
vigilar que/asegurarse de que
