No. 4,215 in Catalan
estarien
"Estarien" means "they would be" in English.
In a sentence
Els nens estarien dormint si no fos pel soroll.
The children would be sleeping if it weren't for the noise.
This usage of 'estarien' is to form a conditional progressive tense, indicating a hypothetical or conditional state of being.
Estarien contents amb aquesta decisió?
Would they be happy with this decision?
Here 'estarien' is used as a conditional form of the verb 'estar' to question about a hypothetical state or feeling.
Si ells estiguessin aquí, estarien ajudant-nos.
If they were here, they would be helping us.
In this sentence, 'estarien' expresses a hypothetical action in the conditional mood dependent on another hypothetical condition.
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