hubiera estado allí

would have been there

→ haber
phrase Uncommon #11,691
would have been there A conditional or subjunctive form used for a hypothetical past situation. Depending on context, it can also mean “had been there.”
SP: Si me lo hubieras dicho, hubiera estado allí.
EN: If you had told me, I would have been there.

Eso solo puede saberlo alguien que hubiera estado allí y nos hubiera visto.

Only someone who had been there and seen us would know that.

— Zeta (2026)

Si yo hubiera estado allí para ella, tal vez me lo habría contado.

If I had been there for her, maybe she would have told me.

— Sin piedad (2026)

Ojalá hubiera estado allí contigo.

I wish I had been there with you.

Si Tom hubiera estado allí, no habría sucedido.

If Tom had been there, it wouldn’t have happened.

Ojalá él hubiera estado allí.

I wish he had been there.

Aunque fui el último en llegar, me trataron como si hubiera estado allí desde el comienzo.

Although I was the last to arrive, they treated me as if I had been there from the beginning.

Si no hubiera estado allí, ¿podría haberle gustado a Mido?

Would Mido have liked them if I hadn't been there?

— Old Boy (2003)

Lo hubiera hecho yo solo si Tom no hubiera estado allí.

I would have done it myself if Tom hadn’t been there.

Ojalá hubiera estado allí.

I wish I had been there.

— Avatar: El sentido del agua (2022)