conditional perfect

English

Examples
"If I had known we were out of ketchup, I would have bought some at the store."

Noun

conditional perfect (plural conditional perfects)

1. (grammar) A combination of the conditional mood and the perfect tense, roughly corresponding to English 'I would have...'

Synonyms

• past conditional

Translations

grammatical tense

Dutch: voltooid verleden toekomende tijd (nl) m, conditionalis perfectum m, futurum exactum praeteriti (nl) n French: conditionnel passé m German: Konditional II (de) m Italian: condizionale passato (it) m Spanish: condicional anterior m