saldrían

Saldrían is a Spanish verb form belonging to the verb salir. It represents the third-person plural conditional present, used with subjects such as ellos, ellas, or ustedes. In English, it corresponds to "they would leave" or "they would go out." The form is also encountered in hypothetical or speculative constructions about what those subjects would do under certain conditions.

In its function, saldrían expresses actions that are not asserted as real but as possible or dependent on a condition. It is commonly found in conditional clauses introduced by si (if), but can also appear in contexts that speculate about outcomes or agreements. For example: “Si no lloviera, saldrían a caminar” (If it weren’t for the rain, they would go for a walk). And it can appear in statements about probability or plans that depend on circumstances: “Con ese permiso, saldrían del edificio" (With that permit, they would leave the building).

Morphologically, saldrían is formed from the stem saldr- (the irregular future stem of salir) plus the standard conditional endings -ía, -ías, -ía, -íamos, -íais, -ían. The accent mark on í indicates the syllable that carries the stress in this form. Related forms include saldría, saldrías, saldríamos, saldríais, and saldrían for other persons and numbers.

Note that saldrían should be distinguished from pretérito perfecto simple forms like salieron (they left) and present forms like salen (they leave). Saldrían is specifically the conditional mood, used to express what would happen under particular conditions, rather than what has actually happened or is happening.