buscarían

Buscarían is the third-person plural form of the conditional mood of the Spanish verb buscar (to look for, to search). It expresses hypothetical or potential actions that would take place under certain conditions, typically in the present or future, from a past viewpoint or in relation to a condition.

Morphology and usage notes:

- It is formed by the verb buscar and the conditional endings for -ar verbs: -ían for the third-person plural. Full paradigm around this form includes: buscaría, buscarías, buscaría, buscaríamos, buscaríais, buscarían.

- In conditional sentences, buscarían often appears in the main clause, while the subordinate clause uses the imperfect subjunctive: “Si tuvieran más tiempo, buscarían nuevas oportunidades.”

- It can refer to masculine or feminine subjects, depending on the antecedent, but the form itself is not gendered.

Common contexts:

- Hypothetical actions: “Ellos buscarían una solución si surgiera más información.”

- Potential outcomes: “Con ese equipo, buscarían la solución más eficiente.”

- Reported intentions in conditional tones: “Ellos dijeron que buscarían asesoría.”

Relation to other forms:

- Future simple: buscarán (will search) expresses a definite future action, unlike buscarían which expresses a hypothetical.

- Present subjunctive: busquen (they search) is used in present if the clause requires subjunctive mood, not conditional.

- Imperfect indicative: buscaban (they were searching / they used to search) conveys past habitual or ongoing action, not conditional.

See also:

- Buscar, for the infinitive and other conjugations

- Condicional (Spanish), for the mood and its uses in conditional sentences