traería

Traería is the simple conditional form of the Spanish verb traer (to bring). It is used to express actions that would happen under certain conditions, or to make polite requests.

The form is created from the infinitive traer plus the standard conditional endings -ía, -ías, -ía, -íamos, -íais, -ían. For traer the corresponding forms are: yo traería, tú traerías, él/ella/usted traería, nosotros traeríamos, vosotros traeríais, ellos/ellas/ustedes traerían. The accent on the í is required to indicate the correct stress.

In usage, traería appears in sentences such as: "Yo traería la carta si pudiera" and "¿Traería usted la carta, por favor?" It is also used in second-conditional constructions with si: "Si tuviera dinero, traería el coche." The conditional can express a hypothetical action in the present or future, or a polite request.

Note that traer is irregular in some other tenses (present indicative, preterite), but its conditional forms use the base traer- with standard endings rather than any separate irregular stem.

See also: traer, Spanish verbs, conditional mood.