Como se dice: 'that nobody would have thought possible''

Question

Quiero decir 'Tenemos comunicacion en una escala que nadie se pensaba posible(in the past?'

Any help?

Answer 1

Como se dice: 'that nobody would have thought possible''

Quiero decir 'Tenemos comunicación en una escala que nadie se pensaba posible(in the past?' Any help?

Since you ask for “any help”, I will give you what I can.

Would have thought- this is the conditional perfect:

…que nadie habría pensado posible.

I would have been more likely to have used considerado rather than pensado.

Conditional can be used from a past point of view.

I think pensaba is okay if you mean thought/was thinking possible rather than would have thought. I am not sure I would have used se with nadie, but I can't say for sure that it is wrong.

Please wait for other input, as I am an intermediate level learner.

I agree with bosque's "…que nadie habría pensado posible." But "creído" is probably better than "pensado". - gringojrf, May 5, 2016

I agree, now that you point that out, creído would be better. :) - bosquederoble, May 5, 2016

Answer 2

Ahora comunicamos a escala pública y grande, algo, que en el pasado había sido imprevisto.

Just anotehr try.. - annierats, May 5, 2016

Answer 3

Hello RussellDunbar.

Welcome to the SpanishDict forum

I agree with Bosque and I would say:

Tenemos comunicación en una escala que nadie habría creído (o pensado) posible.

I hope this helps

Corrijan mi español si es necesario, por favor

I agree, creído is better, thanks Feliz. :) - bosquederoble, May 5, 2016

I had already worked out what I was going to say ( the translation of this sentence) before reading Bosque's post and had decided upon and used creído at the beginning, - FELIZ77, May 5, 2016

You are welcome, Bosque :) - FELIZ77, May 5, 2016