Oleríais

Oleríais is the second-person plural form of the verb oler in the conditional mood in Spanish. It translates roughly as "you all would smell" and is used to describe a hypothetical or contingent action in which a smell would be detected under certain conditions. The verb oler means to perceive an odor with the sense of smell.

Conjugation and usage: In the conditional, oleríais is formed by adding the endings -íais to the infinitive oler (oler- + íais). The full conditional for oler is: olería, olerías, olería, oleríamos, oleríais, olerían. This form is commonly used with the vosotros form in Spain. In Latin American Spanish, where vosostros is less frequent, the corresponding form for ustedes would be olerían. The conditional expresses hypotheticals, possibilities, or polite or speculative scenarios.

Regional and stylistic notes: The primary pronunciation and spelling remain regular, but the regional use of vosotros versus ustedes influences which form is most common in a given country. The conditional forms of oler are regular in their endings, even though oler as a verb has irregular present forms.

Examples: Si abrierais la ventana, oleríais el aire fresco. Este aroma cambiaría si no hubieras dejado que el café se enfríe, oleríais la fragancia más sutil. Etymology: oler proviene del latín olēre, development into Spanish as a regular -er verb with some irregulars in present tense, while the conditional remains regular.

See also: oler, olfato, conjugación verbal, español dialectal.