Ways to say "could be in" in Spanish

Question

I want to say in Spanish "We could be in Denver at 8 tomorrow morning if we leave now" Are either or both of these correct?

1. Estaríamos en Denver a las ocho mañana por la mañana si salimos ahora mismo.

   1. Podremos estar en Denver a las ocho mañana por la mañana si salimos ahora mismo.

Answer 1

Mañana podriamos estar en Denver. Tommorrow we could be in Denver. I believe in keeping sentences nice and simple and not to try and put too many words in it to convey the same meaning.

Voto! - Agora, Feb 2, 2011

Answer 2

I'd say :

"Si salimos ahora mismo, estaremos en Denver (mañana,) a las ocho de la mañana."

(If we leave now.... we will be)

--

"Si salieramos ahora mismo, podriámos estar en Denver (mañana,) a las ocho de la mañana."

(If we left now.... we could be) But this one is an assumption and "mañana, a las ocho de la mañana." sounds weird, I think there is no need for a "tomorrow" there.

Answer 3

I agree with kenwilliams.

Make it simple.

We would be= estaríamos (in Denver)

We could be = podríamos estar (in Denver)

This is the info I was looking for. Thanks. I also understand the suggestions recommending brevity, but I did want to include the details about time. - Otravez, Feb 2, 2011

Answer 4

To avoid confusion (in my opinion), I would put the "tomorrow" "mañana" in the beginning like:

Mañana estaríamos en Denver a las ocho por la mañana .... etc.

I think this sounds fine. I'm not sure about the second one. Hopefully someone more advanced will weigh in.

Maybe "Mañana podríamos estar en...." for the 2nd - Goldie_Miel, Feb 2, 2011