alejarían

Alejarían is the third-person plural form of the Spanish verb alejar in the conditional mood. The verb alejar means to move something away, to create distance, or to distance oneself from something when used as alejarse. In the conditional, alejarían expresses a hypothetical action by ellos/ellas/ustedes (they or you all) or by a plural subject. The full active conditional conjugation is: yo alejaría, tú alejarías, él/ella/usted alejaría, nosotros alejaríamos, vosotros alejaríais, ellos/ellas/ustedes alejarían. The reflexive form se alejarían is used when the subject would distance themselves.

In practical use, alejarían can refer to a physical distancing or to a figurative distancing. For example: Ellos alejarían la mesa de la ventana para evitar el ruido; La policía alejaría a los curiosos de la escena; Las medidas alejarían el riesgo. It is common in hypothetical or conditional clauses, especially when describing what would happen under certain circumstances. The reflexive form se alejarían is used when the subject would distance themselves from a situation or place, as in Ellos se alejarían de la ciudad si la situación empeorara.

Notes on usage: alejar is a regular verb in many contexts, but its orthography changes in some present-tense forms (for example, yo alejo). The conditional form alejarían follows standard -ar verb endings for third-person plural. Overall, alejarían functions across physical, social, and figurative contexts to express what would be distanced or separated under hypothetical conditions.