haber dejado

Question

Hola,

Please help me figure out the meaning of the sentence below, especially the part that says "haber dejado":

En gasolineras, los combustiles tradicionales habrán dejado paso a surtidores de electricidad e hidrógeno, y los autobuses - de color verde - llevarán un letrero en la parte posterior que rezará "vehiculo limpio".

Thanks!

Is it..."se" habrán dejado paso....? - 0074b507, May 24, 2010

la parte "posterior" - 0074b507, May 24, 2010

Hola Gfreed! :D Yes you're right :D Sorry! I edited it. - yuriandre, May 24, 2010

Answer 1

Is the future perfect tense used here to convey conjecture or degree of probability?

Yes, that is it

habrá dejado...in the future ....will have given way to

I wonder if you use the future perfect here, I would use future simple.

IN the future traditional fuels will probably give way to....

Thanks a lot, Heidi! :) - yuriandre, May 24, 2010

Answer 2

At gas stations, traditional combustibles (fuels) have given way to suppliers of electricity and hydrogen, and buses - green - have a sign on the rear that reads 'clean vehicle.

This is how the machine translator handles it.

Is the future perfect tense used here to convey conjecture or degree of probability?

will have allowed to occur/happen

Thank you! - yuriandre, May 24, 2010

Answer 3

I actually haven't studied future perfect. I'm not sure how it is different from futuro imperfecto. Ahh! Spanish! Complicated :D

Answer 4

Re Heidita's question about future or future perfect, I reckon it's a matter of how far down the future timescale we're talking about.

If it's speculation about the next step then the simple future is more appropriate but on the other hand if it's presented as a definitive description of how the future is going to look, I go for the future perfect.