Harían

Harían is the third-person plural form of the Spanish verb hacer in the conditional mood. It translates to “they would do” or “they would make” in English and is used to express actions that would occur under certain conditions or hypothetical circumstances.

Formation and usage: In the conditional present, hacer adopts the stem har- and adds the standard endings -ía, -ías, -ía, -íamos, -íais, -ían. Therefore, harían means “they would do/make.” The form is irregular in its stem (har-) but follows regular conditional endings, and it appears in both hypothetical clauses and in reported speech describing potential actions.

Examples: Si tuvieran tiempo, harían la tarea. (If they had time, they would do the homework.) ¿Qué harían si ganaran la lotería? (What would they do if they won the lottery?) Dijo que harían el trabajo mañana. (He said they would do the work tomorrow.)

Etymology and related forms: Harían derives from the verb hacer, meaning “to do” or “to make.” The stem har- is the result of irregular evolution of the hacer paradigm, which also yields future forms like harán and other conditional forms such as harían. Related forms include haría, harías, haría, and hacernos for different persons and tenses.

In usage across Spanish, harían appears in contexts expressing hypothetical outcomes, polite or tentative statements, and indirect speech referring to planned or possible actions under certain conditions.