"convender"

Question

Does this verb mean to sell, or something else?

"Claro que si ha de estar al alcance de un enemigo que haya comido los hongos venemosos, convendría disfrazar el antídoto, para que no lo tome." - mikecm, Oct 25, 2010

Answer 1

"Claro que si ha de estar al alcance de un enemigo que haya comido los hongos venemosos, convendría disfrazar el antídoto, para que no lo tome."

That's from convenir, meaning to be suitable, or to be a good idea. It's the 3rd person singular conditional conjugation, in this case.

Of course, if it has to be within reach of an enemy who has eaten the poisonous mushrooms it would be a good idea to disguise the antidote, so that he doesn't take it.

So I don't get "ha" there, should I just know that "ha de estar" = "has to be"? Gracias. - jeezzle, Oct 25, 2010

Yes, haber de + infinitive = to have to or to be necessary - KevinB, Oct 25, 2010

Thanks a lot. I'll make sure to be more specific with context, to avoid this mistake in the future. - mikecm, Oct 25, 2010

Haber de + infinitive can also be to supposed to, like if the antidote is supposed to be within reach of the enemy, but that sounded awkward. - KevinB, Oct 25, 2010

mikecm - Great question, but context is really key, even for common words. Keep up the good work. - KevinB, Oct 25, 2010

Gracias. - jeezzle, Oct 25, 2010

Answer 2

HI mike, you must always give context, and I have only seen this by chance:

It was used as "convendría" which I assumed was conditional tense. - mikecmmikecm

Convendría is the conditional form of the verb : convenir

In your sentence: it would be useful to ...appropiate, convenient...

Answer 3

no sé, nunca lo he visto

Answer 4

I don't think there's any such word :( Could you perhaps mean 'convencer' to convince?

unless of course it was accidentally squished together and should just be .... con vender ....?

It definitely wasn't convencer. It was used as "convedría" which I assumed was conditional tense. - mikecm, Oct 25, 2010

Answer 5

Welcome to the forum. That doesn't appear to be a common Spanish word. Can you give us some context? What was the sentence you saw that used it?