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yo elegiría

would choose

→ elegir
elegir to choose, to pick + ía conditional tense (I/he/she/you formal)
verb · first singular · conditional Rare #41,783
would choose Conditional form of "elegir" (used for hypotheticals or polite preferences).
SP: Yo elegiría el tren si fuera más barato.
EN: I would choose the train if it were cheaper.
Conjugation of elegir
Conditional
SingularPlural
First elegiría —
Third elegiría —

No me elegiría él, sino el productor o vete a saber quién.

He wouldn't choose me, the producer would, or who knows who.

— La noche americana (1973)

Yo elegiría el honor antes que el dinero.

I would choose honor over money.

Yo elegiría a Juan.

I would choose Juan.

— Cónclave (2024)

En lugar de ser arrestado, elegiría matar al policía y suicidarse.

Instead of being arrested, he would choose to kill the policeman and commit suicide.

— Decision to Leave (2022)

La que ella elegiría.

The one she would choose.

— Rebeca (1940)