No. 900 in Italian
avrebbero
"Avrebbero" means "they would have" in English.
In a sentence
Avrebbero voluto partecipare alla festa, ma non hanno potuto.
They would have liked to attend the party, but they couldn't.
A verb tense expressing a potential or hypothetical situation in the past.
Se gli avessimo detto la verità, non avrebbero reagito così male.
If we had told them the truth, they wouldn't have reacted so badly.
Used in a conditional clause to express a potential result in the past.
Pensavo che avrebbero deciso di accettare l'offerta.
I thought they would have decided to accept the offer.
Indicating an expectation or assumption about an action in the past.
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