se serait

would have

→ se

phrase Uncommon #14,294

would have Used with a past participle in a conditional perfect construction. The reflexive pronoun se is part of the verb and may not be translated separately into English.

FR: Elle se serait trompée.

EN: She would have been mistaken.

Se serait-il embarqué sans nous à bord du Carnatic ?

Could he have boarded the Carnatic without us?

On se serait bien amusés si tu avais été là.

We would have had a lot of fun if you had been there.

— Mon cœur est déjà pris (1999)

Tout se serait passé là ?

Did everything happen there?

— Psychose (1960)

Que se serait-il passé si Tom était venu ?

What would have happened if Tom had come?

On se serait crus de retour au lycée.

It felt like we were back in high school.

— Anaconda (2025)

S'il était toujours ma place, il se serait pris pour moi.

If he were still in my place, he would have mistaken himself for me.

— Full River Red (2023)

Boromir se serait souvenu des besoins de son père.

Boromir would have remembered his father's needs.

— Le Seigneur des anneaux : Le Retour du roi (2003)

Je n'aurais pas cru que Tokyo se serait si vite reconstruite.

I wouldn't have thought that Tokyo would have been rebuilt so quickly.

— Le Vent se lève (2013)

Qu'est-ce qui se serait passé si je n'avais pas retrouvé l'argent ?

What would have happened if I hadn’t found the money?

— Le Retour (2003)

Il ne se serait rien passé.

Nothing would have happened.

— Insaisissables 3 (2025)

Il se serait fait découvrir, non ?

He would have been found out, wouldn't he?

— Detective Chinatown (2015)

Thomas se serait fâché énormément.

Thomas would have gotten very angry.

Sans lui on se serait jamais connus.

Without him, we never would have met.

— Requiem pour un massacre (1985)

Tom pensait que Mary se serait souvenue de lui.

Tom thought Mary would have remembered him.

S'il t'aimait vraiment, il ne se serait pas enfui.

If he really loved you, he wouldn't have run away.

— Carandiru (2003)

Mais elle se serait sentie seule.

But she would have felt lonely.

— Love Actually (2003)

On se serait payé sa tête.

We would have made fun of him.

— Harry Potter et la Coupe de feu (2005)

S'il avait voulu rentrer à la maison, il se serait heurté à nous.

If he had wanted to go home, he would have run into us.

— M le maudit (1931)

Nous ne pensions pas que Tom se serait levé ce matin.

We didn't think Tom would get up this morning.

Là, j'aurais besoin de Klaus, il se serait occupé de moi.

Right now, I could really use Klaus; he would have taken care of me.

— Les Ailes du désir (1987)

Il se serait lui-même choisi son propre destin.

He would have chosen his own destiny.

— La Chute (2004)

Imaginez ce qui se serait passé.

Imagine what would have happened.

— Chicago (2002)

Ne se serait pas suicidé !

He wouldn't have committed suicide!

— Demon Slayer : Kimetsu no Yaiba - Le film : La Forteresse infinie (2025)

Goebbels se serait retourné dans sa tombe.

Goebbels would have turned in his grave.

— Il est de retour (2015)

Le seul truc possible, c'était veilleur de nuit, mais on se serait plus vus.

The only option was working as a night watchman, but we wouldn’t have seen each other as much.

— Viens chez moi, j'habite chez une copine (1981)

Yanni ne se serait pas suicidé.

Yanni would not have committed suicide.

Puis, quelqu'un d'autre se serait occupé de Zachetti.

Then someone else would have taken care of Zachetti.

— Assurance sur la mort (1944)

C'est comme les traces d'un avion qui se serait envolé.

It's like the trail left by a plane that's taken off.

— Le Salaire de la peur (1953)

Il ne se serait pas éjecté de son avion en flammes.

He would not have ejected from his burning plane.

— Rang de Basanti (2006)

Sans toi, elle se serait plantée.

Without you, she would have failed.

— Crazy Rich Asians (2018)

Tu veux savoir ce qu'il se serait passé ?

Do you want to know what would have happened?

— Everything Everywhere All at Once (2022)