English - English - would

v. helping verb for use in a question, request or expression of desire (used to make the statement more polite)

English - Spanish - would

v. verbo auxiliar (el pretérito del verbo to will) para expresar deseos, voluntad, ruegos, y suavizar las preguntas y los pedidos

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English - French - would

v. verbe auxiliaire exprimant la volonté et le désir avec atténuation de la demande ou de la question (conditionnel)

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English - German - would

[will] v. werden; wird
v. sollte; wollte; würde

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English - Indonesian - would

n. kehendak yg tdk disadari
v. mau, lebih baik, tolong, barangkali
aux. akan

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English - Italian - would

v. volli, volesti, ecc; ero solito; voglio, vuoi; desidero

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English - Polish - would

v. czas przeszły czasownika "will"
aux. by

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English - Portuguese - would

v. verbo auxiliar que expressa um desejo

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English - Romanian - would

v. am, vei
aux. o să, or fi să

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English - Russian - would

г. модальный глагол английского языка, бы

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English - Turkish - would

f. cekti, caktı, erdi, ermi (soru hali), ermiydi (soru hali)

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English - Ukrainian - would

n. потяг, воля
aux. би, бувало

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English - Dutch - would

ww. hulpwerkwoord ter uitdrukking van een wens

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English - Greek - would

ρήμ. θα

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English - Arabic - would

‏إرادة‏
‏تمنى‏
‏أراد، هل لك أن‏

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English - ChineseS - would

(动) will的过去式; 愿意; 将

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English - ChineseT - would

(動) will的過去式; 願意; 將

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English - Japanese - would

(動) …しましょうか; …していただけませんか; …してください（疑問や依頼や願望を表す助動詞でより丁寧にする）
(動) 意図する; 遺贈する

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English - Korean - would

동. 이기를 바라다, 의문문에 쓰이는 조동사, 요청이나 요구의 표현시 사용 ( 문장을 더욱 정중하게 할 때 사용됨)

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English - Vietnamese - would

n. ý chí, ý muốn, điều quyết định

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Definition of would

Verb

1. As a past-tense form of will.

1. Obsolete Wished, desired (something).

2. Archaic Wanted to ( + bare infinitive).

3. Used to; was or were habitually accustomed to ( + bare infinitive); indicating an action in the past that happened repeatedly or commonly.

4. Used with bare infinitive to form the "anterior future", indicating a futurity relative to a past time.

5. Archaic Used with ellipsis of the infinitive verb, or postponement to a relative clause, in various senses.

6. Was determined to; loosely, could naturally have been expected to (given the tendencies of someone's character etc.).

2. As a modal verb, the subjunctive of will.

7. Used to give a conditional or potential "softening" to the present; might, might wish.

8. Used as the auxiliary of the simple conditional modality (with a bare infinitive); indicating an action or state that is conditional on another.

9. Archaic Might wish ( + verb in past subjunctive); often used (with or without that) in the sense of "if only".

10. Used to impart a sense of hesitancy or uncertainty to the present; might be inclined to. Now sometimes colloquially with ironic effect.

11. Used interrogatively to express a polite request; are (you) willing to …?

Would you pass the salt, please?

12. Archaic Might desire; wish (something).