Give Advice to Friends in Spanish

Quick Answer

¡Hola!Learn how to give advice to friends in Spanish in this article and the lessons above! Specifically, learn how to do the following in Spanish:

• ask for advice

• give advice

• use common expressions related to advice

Vocabulary

Let's start off with the vocab words in these lessons!

Adjective

Spanish	English
organizado	organized

examples
Sería más organizado. I'd be more organized.

Nouns

Spanish	English
la actitud	mind, attitude
la discusión	discussion
la intuición	intuition

examples
Mantendría una actitud abierta. I'd keep an open mind.
¿Pospondrías esa discusión? Would you put off that discussion?
¿Escucharías más a tu intuición? Would you listen to your intuition more?

Noun Phrases

Spanish	English
los demás	others
la zona de confort	comfort zone

examples
Yo que tú, ayudaría a los demás. If I were you, I'd help others.
Saldría de mi zona de confort. I'd get out of my comfort zone.

Verbs

In this skill, you learn the following verbs!

Perdonar

Perdonar(to forgive) is an -ar verb that is regular in the conditional.

Pronoun(s)	Conjugation	Translation	Notes
yo	perdonaría	I would forgive
tú	perdonarías	you would forgive	informal singular you
vos	perdonarías	you would forgive	informal singular you (in parts of Latin America)
él, ella	perdonaría	he, she would forgive
usted	perdonaría	you would forgive	formal singular you
nosotros, nosotras	perdonaríamos	we would forgive
vosotros, vosotras	perdonaríais	you would forgive	informal plural you (in Spain)
ellos, ellas	perdonarían	they would forgive
ustedes	perdonarían	you would forgive	plural you (in Latin America), formal plural you (in Spain)

Planificar

Planificar(to plan) is an -ar verb that is regular in the conditional.

Pronoun(s)	Conjugation	Translation	Notes
yo	planificaría	I would plan
tú	planificarías	you would plan	informal singular you
vos	planificarías	you would plan	informal singular you (in parts of Latin America)
él, ella	planificaría	he, she would plan
usted	planificaría	you would plan	formal singular you
nosotros, nosotras	planificaríamos	we would plan
vosotros, vosotras	planificaríais	you would plan	informal plural you (in Spain)
ellos, ellas	planificarían	they would plan
ustedes	planificarían	you would plan	plural you (in Latin America), formal plural you (in Spain)

The Simple Conditional

The conditional tense in Spanish el condicionalo el pospretéritois used to talk about hypothetical situations and probabilities as well as to make polite requests.

In the Spanish conditional tense, both regular and irregular verbs use the same set of endings, and any stems that are irregular in the simple future are also irregular in the conditional.

Regular Conditional Forms

To form the conditional tense with regular -ar, -er, and -ir verbs, simply add the conditional endings to the end of the infinitive:

Spanish Conditional Endings

Subject	Conditional Ending
yo	-ía
tú, vos	-ías
usted, él, ella	-ía
nosotros	-íamos
vosotros	-íais
ustedes, ellos, ellas	-ían

Do these verb endings look familiar? They should! They’re the same as the imperfect tense endings for -er and -ir verbs.

Irregular Conditionals

As we stated before, any stems that are irregular in the simple future are also irregular in the conditional. The irregular stems in the conditional are:

Infinitive	Conditional Stem
caber	cabr-
decir	dir-
haber	habr-
hacer	har-
poder	podr-
poner	pondr-
querer	querr-
saber	sabr-
salir	saldr-
tener	tendr-
valer	valdr-
venir	vendr-

For example:

examples
Tú, en mi lugar, ¿qué harías? If you were in my place, what would you do?
Tú, en mi lugar, ¿dirías la verdad? If you were in my place, would you tell the truth?
Tú, en mi lugar, ¿saldrías esta noche? If you were in my place, would you go out tonight?

examples

Tú, en mi lugar, ¿qué harías?

If you were in my place, what would you do?

Tú, en mi lugar, ¿dirías la verdad?

If you were in my place, would you tell the truth?

Tú, en mi lugar, ¿saldrías esta noche?

If you were in my place, would you go out tonight?

Conditional Markers

Just like in English, there are words and phrases that let us know that we need to conjugate our verbs in the conditional tense. In these lessons, you learned the following conditional markers: