This is the 900th most frequent Italian word.
avrebbero
"Avrebbero" means "they would have" in English.
A verb tense expressing a potential or hypothetical situation in the past.
Avrebbero voluto partecipare alla festa, ma non hanno potuto.
They would have liked to attend the party, but they couldn't.
Used in a conditional clause to express a potential result 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.
Indicating an expectation or assumption about an action in the past.