Harías

Harías is the second-person singular form of the Spanish verb hacer in the conditional mood. It corresponds to the English phrase “you would do” and is used to express hypothetical actions or polite requests. The verb hacer is irregular in the conditional, producing a stem har- in forms such as haría, harías, haría, haríamos, haríais, harían.

In everyday use, harías appears in sentences that pose a hypothetical scenario or a question about what someone would do in a given situation. For example: “Qué harías si ganaras la lotería?” (What would you do if you won the lottery?). It also occurs in polite requests: “¿Harías el favor de pasarme la sal?” (Would you do me the favor of passing me the salt?). Another common usage is in questions like “¿Qué harías en mi lugar?” (What would you do in my place?).

Etymology and morphology: harías is derived from hacer plus the conditional ending -ías; the stem har- is used across the entire set of conditional forms. The pronunciation places the stress on the í: ha-RÍ-as.

Note: Harías can be confused with Haría, the name of a town in the Canary Islands (Haría, Lanzarote). Haría is a proper noun requiring capitalization and an accent, while harías is the verb form. The two are unrelated in meaning beyond being homographs in casual reading.