had been
De no haber sido por tu consejo, él hubiera estado arruinado.
If it hadn't been for your advice, he would have been ruined.
Si mi madre hubiera estado todavía viva, me habría ayudado en aquel entonces.
If my mother had still been alive, she would have helped me back then.
Ojalá hubiera estado contigo entonces.
I wish I had been with you then.
Hubiera estado mejor si no lo hubieras dicho.
It would have been better if you hadn't said it.
No, para mí la cárcel toda la vida hubiera estado bien.
No, for me, prison for life would have been fine.
— El secreto de sus ojos (2009)
Lo vi como si yo hubiera estado ahí.
I saw it as if I had been there.
Si el clima hubiera estado bien ayer, él hubiera ido al zoológico.
If the weather had been nice yesterday, he would have gone to the zoo.
Nada habría cambiado aunque yo hubiera estado presente en la reunión.
Nothing would have changed even if I had been present at the meeting.
Parecía como si hubiera estado enfermo.
He looked as if he had been ill.