wouldnt

S2 W1

BrE /wʊdnt/ AmE /wʊdnt/

verb en → es

1 NEGATION OF 'WILL' [not transitive] B1

used to say that something will not happen or is unlikely to happen in the future

no hará, no va a

  • wouldn't do sth

Collocations wouldn't go there · wouldn't buy it

  • I wouldn't eat that if I were you.

    No lo comería si fuera tú.

2 NEGATION OF 'WILL' (PAST) [not transitive] B1

used to say that something did not happen or was unlikely to happen in the past

no haría, no habría hecho

  • wouldn't do sth

Collocations wouldn't have gone there · wouldn't have bought it

  • I wouldn't have eaten that if I had known.

    No lo habría comido si hubiera sabido.

1 NEGATION OF 'WOULD' [not transitive] B2

used to say that something is not allowed or permitted

no se permitiría, no está permitido

  • wouldn't do sth

Collocations wouldn't allow it · wouldn't let them in

  • You wouldn't be allowed to smoke here.

    No te permitirían fumar aquí.

2 NEGATION OF 'WOULD' (PAST) [not transitive] B2

used to say that something was not allowed or permitted in the past

no se permitiría, no estaba permitido

  • wouldn't do sth

Collocations wouldn't have allowed it · wouldn't have let them in

  • You wouldn't have been allowed to smoke here.

    No te habrían permitido fumar aquí.

1 NEGATION OF 'WOULD' (REQUEST) [not transitive] B2

used to say that someone does not want or will not do something

no querría, no quiero que

  • wouldn't like sth

Collocations wouldn't want to know · wouldn't care about it

  • I wouldn't want to go there.

    No quiero ir allí.

2 NEGATION OF 'WOULD' (REQUEST) (PAST) [not transitive] B2

used to say that someone did not want or would not do something in the past

no querría, no quería que

  • wouldn't like sth

Collocations wouldn't have wanted to know · wouldn't have cared about it

  • I wouldn't have wanted to go there.

    No habría querido ir allí.

1 NEGATION OF 'WOULD' (PROMISE) [not transitive] C1

used to say that someone does not promise or guarantee something

no prometería, no prometo que

  • wouldn't promise sth

Collocations wouldn't promise to do it · wouldn't guarantee that

  • I wouldn't promise anything.

    No prometo nada.

2 NEGATION OF 'WOULD' (PROMISE) (PAST) [not transitive] C1

used to say that someone did not promise or guarantee something in the past

no prometería, no prometí que

  • wouldn't promise sth

Collocations wouldn't have promised to do it · wouldn't have guaranteed that

  • I wouldn't have promised anything.

    No prometí nada.