apareciera

appeared, showed up

→ aparecer
aparec to appear; to show up + iera imperfect subjunctive
verb · imperfect subjunctive Rare #29,547
appeared, showed up Imperfect subjunctive of "aparecer"; often used after "si" to talk about a hypothetical situation.
SP: Si apareciera Juan, avísame.
EN: If Juan showed up, let me know.
Conjugation of aparecer
Subjunctive imperfect
SingularPlural
First aparecía —
Third aparecía —
apareciera

Fue una suerte que apareciera ese oso justo cuando lo hizo.

It was lucky that the bear appeared just when he did it.

— Paddington 2 (2017)

Me pareció extraño que no apareciera.

I thought it was strange that it didn’t show up.

Nos preguntamos qué pasaría después de que Tom apareciera.

We wondered what would happen after Tom appeared.

Tom no esperaba que Mary apareciera a tiempo.

Tom didn't expect Mary to show up on time.

Esperamos a que él apareciera.

We waited for him to appear.

Si Dios apareciera en frente de ti, ¿qué le dirías?

If God appeared in front of you, what would you say to him?

Ya era hora de que apareciera alguien.

It was about time someone showed up.

Incluso el que el Timour III se les apareciera en Siria.

Even the fact that Timur III appeared to them in Syria.

— El canto del lobo (2019)

Tom se sorprendió de que Mary apareciera.

Tom was surprised when Mary appeared.

Imagina que hubiera una guerra y no apareciera nadie.

Imagine there were a war and no one showed up.