Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Spanish term or phrase:
habría
English translation:
It appears that...
Spanish term
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habría
Y habría dictado acuerdo anulando las liquidaciones giradas en tal concepto.
Tal acto habría sido declarado lesivo por resolución del Ministro de Economía y Hacienda, procediendo a su impugnación ante los tribunales, por conducto de la Abogacía General del Estado.
El TSJ de xxx, en las dos sentencias dictadas, y con escasa o nula fundamentación, habría estimado las demandas de lesividad, declarando que no existe doble imposición.
I'm unsure what the case here is. Any help would be much appreciated. Would have?
| 3 +2 | It appears that... |
Robert Forstag
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| 4 | might have |
Francois Boye
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| 4 | Would have |
Kim Edwards-Buarque
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| 4 | must have |
Helena Chavarria
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Proposed translations
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It appears that...
I think the conditional is used here to reflect the (negative) opinions of the speaker regarding said rulings.
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Note added at 23 mins (2016-04-21 21:24:01 GMT)
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Hi Lorna.
The information you have provided doesn't change the opinion I've expressed, and which stands in contrast to that of Francois. :)
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Note added at 1 hr (2016-04-21 22:07:23 GMT)
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Hi again.
I think that the wording needs to be along the lines of:
It appears that what the Port Authority did was....
OR
Apparently....
To all appearances...
| Thanks Robert. The sentence refers to court rulings on another case. This case hasn't yet gone to court. |
| So would you say something like ... it appears that x would have ...happened etc? |
| agree |
Robert Carter
: Yes, I think you're the closest, I read it as "appears to have..."
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Thank you, Robert. Your suggestion is along the lines of how I read it. Such use of the conditional seems common in journalism (in LA and Spain)to indicate that something "might have" or "may" happen, but I don't recall every seeing it in legal documents.
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Adrian MM. (X)
: with Robert C. & is supposed to have..
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Thank you, Adrian.
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might have
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Would have
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must have
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Point 29.1.2
https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=_xFZkaXZrjIC&pg=PA152&lp...
Probability of an action that has already been completed
Habría comido antes de salir. (He had probably already eaten before leaving.)
Habrían sido las ocho cuando llegamos. (It must have been eight o’clock when we arrived.)
http://www.spanishdict.com/topics/show/104
The (clock) time or reference to a date of a specific action, e.g.:
Habría sido la una cuando él llegó. → It must have been one o’clock when he
arrived.
Habría sido el domingo pasado cuando se cayó. → It must have been last
Sunday when he fell.
Habrían sido las dos cuando me dormí. → It must have been two when I fell
asleep.
http://www3.telus.net/eliomasci/Probability with Perfect Ten...
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4. Y ahora lo mismo usando el condicional compuesto. Por ejemplo, si digo “Probablemente había escuchado todo” tienes que decir “Habría escuchado todo”:
http://blogs.transparent.com/spanish/expresar-probabilidad-c...
I think it is used here to express probability.
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