él hubiera

had, there were, there was

u ˈb j e ɾ a → haber
auxiliary · third · pluperfect subjunctive Common #2,348
had Imperfect subjunctive form of the auxiliary verb “haber”; used to form the past perfect subjunctive (e.g., “hubiera + past participle”).
SP: Si hubiera estudiado más, habría aprobado el examen.
EN: If I had studied more, I would have passed the exam.
Conjugation of haber

Ojalá no hubiera tenido que hacer eso.

I wish I hadn’t had to do that.

Si Tom me lo hubiera pedido, yo se lo habría dado.

If Tom had asked me for it, I would have given it to him.

Bueno, creo que Walter hubiera apreciado que vinieras.

Well, I think Walter would have appreciated your coming.

— Los hermanos demolición (2026)

Ojalá lo hubiera sabido antes.

I wish I had known this before.

Vino cinco minutos después de que el timbre hubiera sonado.

He arrived five minutes after the doorbell had rung.

Imagina si le hubiera dado el anillo que quería.

Imagine if I had given her the ring she wanted.

Hubiera deseado que me lo dijeras.

I wish you had told me.

Hubiera jurado que era el paraíso.

I would have sworn it was paradise.

— Campo de sueños (1989)

Si lo hubiera sabido, antes, joven, te habría contratado como mi abogado.

If I had known this before, young man, I would have hired you as my lawyer.

— Drácula (2025)

O si el Eterno no hubiera fijado su ley contra el suicidio.

Or if the Eternal One had not established His law against suicide.

— Hamnet (2025)

Si yo hubiera subido a ese coche, mi vida habría sido diferente.

If I had gotten into that car, my life would have been different.

— Mystic River (2003)

Ella se dio cuenta de que mejor hubiera dicho la verdad.

She realized that she would have been better off telling the truth.

Sin tu consejo, no lo hubiera logrado.

Without your advice, I wouldn't have made it.

Ojalá mi padre hubiera vivido más.

I wish my father had lived longer.

Yo hubiera esperado.

I would have waited.

Estoy hubiera funcionado si tu maldita novia-¡Ella no es mi novia!

It would’ve worked if your damn girlfriend—She’s not my girlfriend!

— Laurence Anyways (2012)

Su mamá no hubiera salido conmigo si no hubiera sido un fumador sexy.

His mom wouldn't have gone out with me if I wasn't a sexy smoker.

— Una cuestión de tiempo (2013)

Quien no hubiera comido.

Anyone who hadn't eaten.

— Lazzaro feliz (2018)

Ojalá no hubiera comprado esto.

I wish I hadn’t bought this.

Es como si hubiera desaparecido.

It's like he's disappeared.

Si al menos hubiera aprendido algo.

If only I had learned something.

— Las invasiones bárbaras (2003)

Veía toda mi vida como si ya la hubiera vivido.

I saw my whole life as if I had already lived it.

— Titanic (1997)

Ojalá lo hubiera sabido.

I wish I had known.

Tom estaba sorprendido de que Mary no hubiera escuchado nunca November Rain.

Tom was surprised that Mary had never heard of November Rain.

A nadie le hubiera importado.

No one would have cared.

Ese hombre hubiera vendido su alma para hacerla feliz.

That man would have sold his soul to make her happy.

Preguntó si hubiera alguien disponible para cubrir el turno de la noche.

He asked if there was anyone available to cover the night shift.

No es como si yo hubiera leído todos los libros en la repisa.

It’s not as if I had read all the books on the shelf.

No quisiera que la hubiera leído, todavía.

I wish she hadn’t read it yet.

— El cielo sobre Berlín (1987)

Hubiera preferido quedarme en casa, pero la obligación me llamaba.

I would have preferred to stay home, but duty called.

Si lo hubiera sabido, te lo habría dicho.

If I had known, I would have told you.

Ojalá nunca hubiera recibido el anillo.

I wish I had never received the ring.

— El señor de los anillos: La comunidad del anillo (2001)

Si supiera cómo, hubiera salvado a Zaheer.

If I had known how, I would have saved Zaheer.

— मुन्ना भाई एम बी बी एस (2003)

Tom se sentía como si lo hubiera chocado un camión.

Tom felt as if he had been hit by a truck.

Si Bob hubiera seguido mi consejo, todo estaría en orden ahora.

If Bob had followed my advice, everything would be in order now.

Estoy seguro de que Tom me lo habría dicho si él lo hubiera sabido.

I'm sure Tom would have told me if he had known.

Es como si yo misma la hubiera ahorcado.

It's as if I had hanged her myself.

— La doncella (2016)

Algo que a mis hijos les hubiera parecido importante.

Something that my children would have found important.

Ojalá Tom hubiera traído una linterna.

I wish Tom had brought a flashlight.

Tampoco no los hubiera ordenado.

I wouldn't have ordered them either.

— Despedidas (2008)

Quizás lo hubiera llamado entonces.

Perhaps I would have called him then.

— Sin piedad (2026)

Pero es posible que ya hubiera desaparecido.

But it's possible it had already disappeared.

— Paddington 2 (2017)

Actuaba como amo y señor del departamento sin que nadie le hubiera dado permiso.

He acted as the master and lord of the department without anyone having given him permission.

Mi padre la hubiera abierto hace tiempo.

My father would have opened it a long time ago.

Realmente hubiera deseado estar aquí desde el comienzo.

I really wish I had been here from the beginning.

— El hombre de la Tierra (2007)

Ojalá yo hubiera estudiado más cuando era joven.

I wish I had studied more when I was younger.

Como si se lo hubiera tragado la tierra.

As if the earth had swallowed him.

Me siento como si hubiera despertado de una pesadilla.

I feel like I’ve just woken up from a nightmare.

Hubiera jugado sólo para comer.

I would have played just to eat.

— Campo de sueños (1989)

Alguien lo hubiera sabido.

Someone would have known.

— Super 30 (2019)

Si lo hubiera sabido te lo habría dicho.

If I had known, I would have told you.

Creo que hubiera salido mal.

I think it would have gone badly.

— Casi famosos (2000)

Bernard le hubiera quedado mejor.

Bernard would have suited him better.

— Una cuestión de tiempo (2013)

Sin tu consejo, hubiera suspendido.

Without your advice, I would have failed.

Ojalá mi padre hubiera vivido mucho más.

I wish my father had lived much longer.

Y hubiera cambiado en cada uno de ellos.

And it would have changed in each of them.

— El hombre de la Tierra (2007)

Yo hubiera dicho que no.

I would have said no.

Sin su ayuda hubiera fracasado.

Without their help I would have failed.

Nada, ni que se la hubiera tragado la tierra.

Nothing—it's like she just vanished off the face of the earth.

— Volver (2006)

De lo contrario, ella hubiera tirado todos los discos.

Otherwise, she would have thrown away all the records.

— Despedidas (2008)

Pero se habría quedado, sí se lo hubiera pedido.

But he would have stayed if I had asked him to.

— Marty Supreme (2025)

Ayer le hubiera debido decir que lo sentía.

I should have told him I was sorry yesterday.

— El cielo sobre Berlín (1987)

Ella no lo habría hecho, si yo no se lo hubiera pedido.

She wouldn't have done it if I hadn't asked her to.

— Marty Supreme (2025)

Hubiera yo fracasado si no fuera por su amable ayuda.

I would have failed if it weren't for your kind help.

Parece como si ya lo hubiera escrito.

It seems as if I had already written it.

— Anatomía de una caída (2023)

Es como si él mismo hubiera matado a Jimmima.

It's as if he himself had killed Jimmima.

— 28 años después: El templo de los huesos (2026)

Os parecerá cruel, pero hubiera preferido que muriera él antes.

It may seem cruel to you, but I would have preferred him to die first.

— Cuentos de Tokio (1953)

Ojalá no hubiera comprado algo tan inútil.

I wish I hadn't bought something so useless.

Dios, mi familia los hubiera destrozado en este programa.

God, my family would have torn them apart on this show.

— La asistenta (2025)

Me los hubiera robado, la portátil.

I would have stolen it from them—the laptop.

— Piku (2015)

Desearía que no hubiera creído a Tom.

I wish I hadn't believed Tom.

Claro, si usted hubiera sido diseñado.

Sure, if you had been designed that way.

— Blade Runner 2049 (2017)

Algo que hubiera comprado, que le hayan enviado, ¿no?

Something he might have bought, that they sent him, right?

— Zeta (2026)

Tom habría llegado tarde si María no lo hubiera llevado.

Tom would have arrived late if María hadn’t given him a ride.

Ojalá lo hubiera sabido yo.

I wish I had known.

Si no fuera por mí, usted no hubiera llegado hasta acá, ¿se acuerda de eso?

If it weren't for me, you wouldn't have gotten this far, remember that?

— El secreto de sus ojos (2009)

Ojalá no os hubiera creído.

I wish I hadn't believed you.

Tom pudo haber sobrevivido si la ambulancia hubiera llegado un poco antes.

Tom could have survived if the ambulance had arrived a little earlier.

Estoy seguro de que le hubiera encantado.

I'm sure she would have loved it.

— Drácula (2025)

Hubiera deseado ser yo quien muriera.

I wish it had been me who died.

— Whistle: El silbido del mal (2026)

Si yo hubiera desayunado esta mañana ahora no tendría hambre.

If I had eaten breakfast this morning, I wouldn't be hungry now.

Se la hubiera enseñado.

I would have shown it to her.

— Rebeca (1940)

Si el doctor tan solo hubiera llegado un poco antes.

If only the doctor had arrived a little earlier.

Huele como si alguien hubiera estado fumando aquí.

It smells like someone has been smoking here.

Tom niega que hubiera roto la ventana.

Tom denies that he broke the window.

Podrías haber esperado hasta que tu madre hubiera cortado el pastel.

You could have waited until your mother had cut the cake.

— Sólo se vive una vez (2011)

Si me hubiera ido un poquito antes hubiera pescado el último tren.

If I had left a little earlier I would have caught the last train.

Si lo hubiera sabido, habría cambiado mi plan.

If I had known, I would have changed my plan.

Si yo hubiera tomado la llave, yo no estaría de pie detrás de la puerta.

If I had taken the key, I wouldn't be standing behind the door.

Ojalá nunca hubiera entrado ahí.

I wish I had never gone in there.

— Buena suerte, pásalo bien, no mueras (2026)

De haber ocurrido en una ciudad, el accidente hubiera provocado un desastre.

Had it happened in a city, the accident would have caused a disaster.

Un japonés no hubiera dicho una cosa así.

A Japanese person would not have said something like that.

Hace cien años nadie hubiera pensado algo así.

A hundred years ago nobody would have thought of something like that.

Le hubiera quebrado la mandíbula.

I would have broken his jaw.

— 3 Idiots (2009)

Tom no se podía creer que Mary de verdad le hubiera besado.

Tom couldn't believe that Mary had actually kissed him.

No creo que hubiera rechazado.

I don't think I would have refused.

— Hermano 2 (2000)

El ganador hubiera pagado mejor.

The winner would have paid better.

Ojalá no hubiera dicho eso.

I wish I hadn't said that.

Dudo que hubiera aceptado la oferta aunque le hubieran pagado el doble.

I doubt he would have accepted the offer even if they had paid him double.

Ojalá le hubiera dado yo.

I wish I had given it to him myself.

— Atlantis: El imperio perdido (2001)

Él dio lo mejor de sí; en otro caso no hubiera ganado el primer premio.

He gave it his all; otherwise he wouldn't have won first prize.

Con más formación, hubiera conseguido un trabajo mejor.

With more training, I would have gotten a better job.

Tal vez no lo hubiera comprendido.

Perhaps I wouldn't have understood.

— Cinema Paradiso (1988)

Si Himi no hubiera llegado, todos los Wara Wara habrían muerto.

If Himi hadn't arrived, all the Wara Wara would have died.

— El chico y la garza (2023)

Si al menos hubiera escrito.

If only he had written.

— Las invasiones bárbaras (2003)

Hermia hubiera ofendido su orgullo de haber pensado mal de él.

Hermia would have wounded his pride if she had thought ill of him.

— El club de los poetas muertos (1989)

Si ella no hubiera estudiado inglés aquí, no habría pasado el examen.

If she hadn't studied English here, she wouldn't have passed the exam.

Es como si mi vida hubiera acabado.

It's like my life is over.

Sí yo no hubiera perdido esa casa, ahora el muerto sería yo.

If I hadn't lost that house, I would be the one who was dead now.

— ¡Vivir! (1994)

Me siento como si hubiera abierto mi propio local de tallarines.

I feel like I’ve opened my own noodle shop.

— Tampopo (1985)

Yo nunca hubiera olvidado una carta de ella.

I would never have forgotten a letter from her.

— La venganza de Manon (1986)

Hubiera jugado gratis.

I would have played for free.

— Campo de sueños (1989)

Con un poco más de esfuerzo él lo hubiera conseguido.

With a little more effort he would have achieved it.

Si lo hubiera sabido os lo habría dicho.

If I had known, I would have told you.

Pues nadie hubiera notado su ausencia.

Well, nobody would have noticed his absence.

— Moscú no cree en las lágrimas (1980)

Hubiera preferido una palabra agradable.

I would have preferred a nice word.

— Cinema Paradiso (1988)

Como si lo hubiera soñado.

As if I had dreamed it.

— Las noches de Cabiria (1957)

Es como si nunca hubiera oído hablar de la cirugía plástica.

It's as if I'd never heard of plastic surgery.

— Crazy Rich Asians (2018)

Haré como si esta conversación nunca hubiera tenido lugar.

I'll pretend this conversation never happened.

— Cónclave (2024)

Yo nunca lo hubiera adivinado.

I never would have guessed it.

— A Taxi Driver: Los héroes de Gwangju (2017)

Esa lanza hubiera atravesado a un jabalí.

That spear would have pierced a boar.

— El señor de los anillos: La comunidad del anillo (2001)

De ningún modo hubiera entrado aquí sin él, Goreng.

There is no way I would have entered here without him, Goreng.

— El hoyo (2019)

Ningún músico hubiera pensado en tocar esa música en el funeral.

No musician would have thought of playing that music at the funeral.

Si hubiera sabido la dirección de él, le hubiera escrito.

If I had known his address, I would have written to him.

Yo hubiera tardado un poco más, pero algunas cosas habrían salido mejor.

I would have taken a little longer, but some things would have turned out better.

— Cinema Paradiso (1988)

Sin su consejo, él hubiera fracasado.

Without his advice, he would have failed.

No lo hubiera permitido.

I wouldn't have allowed it.

— Volver (2006)

Es como si ella de verdad hubiera vivido aquí.

It's as if she had actually lived here.

— El recuerdo de Marnie (2014)

No lo habría hecho si lo hubiera pensado.

I wouldn't have done it if I had thought about it.

— Haz lo que debas (1989)

Tom hubiera tomado la misma decisión que yo en mi lugar.

Tom would have made the same decision I did if he were in my shoes.

Yo no hubiera pensado en eso.

I wouldn't have thought of that.

— Intocable (2011)

Mira, es como si la Nada nunca hubiera existido.

Look, it's as if Nothingness never existed.

— La historia interminable (1984)

Ojalá no hubiera bebido tanto.

I wish I hadn’t drunk so much.

No, no, quiero decir, no me habrías dejado entrar si no lo hubiera demostrado.

No, no, I mean, you wouldn't have let me in if I hadn't proven it.

— Ahora me ves 3 (2025)

verb · pluperfect subjunctive Uncommon #13,495
there were, there was Imperfect subjunctive of "haber" used in the sense of "to exist" (e.g., "si hubiera...").
SP: Si hubiera más tiempo, viajaríamos.
EN: If there were more time, we would travel.
had Imperfect subjunctive of "haber" used as an auxiliary before a past participle (e.g., "si hubiera visto...").
SP: Ojalá hubiera estudiado más.
EN: I wish I had studied more.
Conjugation of haber
Subjunctive pluperfect
hubiera

Es como si hubiera una cortina por todos lados.

It's as if there were a curtain all around.

— Guardianes de la Noche: Tren infinito (2020)

No tenía ni idea de que hubiera tanta gente aquí.

I had no idea there were so many people here.

No creo que hubiera otra solución posible dadas las circunstancias del momento.

I don't think there was any other possible solution given the circumstances at the time.

Nadie pensó que hubiera algo mal hasta que fue demasiado tarde para actuar.

Nobody thought anything was wrong until it was too late to act.

Si tan solo no hubiera pruebas.

If only there were no tests.

No sabía que hubiera sangre en el maletero.

I didn't know there was blood in the trunk.

— Mystic River (2003)

Si tan sólo no hubiera guerras en el mundo.

If only there were no wars in the world.

Desearía que hubiera más lenguas minoritarias en Tatoeba.

I wish there were more minority languages in Tatoeba.

Es como si hubiera un muro entre nosotros.

It's as if there's a wall between us.

— Perdición (1944)

Ojalá hubiera más variedad en mi trabajo.

I wish there was more variety in my work.

No sabía que hubiera tan grandes.

I didn't know there were such big ones.

— Anaconda (2025)

Parece que hubiera una referencia ocasional a él.

It seems there is an occasional reference to him.

— La increíble historia de David Copperfield (2019)

Parece que ahí ya no hubiera nieve.

It looks like there's no snow there anymore.

— La sociedad de la nieve (2023)

Como si en este pueblo hubiera un café.

As if there were a café in this town.

— Your Name (2016)

No es extraño que no hubiera pasajes para barco.

It's not surprising that there were no boat tickets available.

— Las flores de la guerra (2011)

Parecía que no hubiera nadie en la villa.

It seemed as if there was nobody in the village.

Desearía que hubiera más gente buena en el mundo.

I wish there were more good people in the world.

No digo que no hubiera un gran período egipcio, estoy de acuerdo.

I'm not saying there wasn't a great Egyptian period; I agree.

— Astérix y Obélix: Misión Cleopatra (2002)

Imagina que hubiera una guerra y no apareciera nadie.

Imagine there were a war and no one showed up.

Actúa como si no hubiera nada.

Act as if nothing is happening.

Ojalá hubiera más gente como tú.

I wish there were more people like you.

No sabía que hubiera servicios secretos aquí en Charlotte.

I didn't know there were secret services here in Charlotte.

— Roofman: Un ladrón en el tejado (2025)

Fui claro con mis intenciones desde el primer día para que no hubiera malentendidos después.

I was clear about my intentions from day one so that there would be no misunderstandings later.

No dije que las hubiera.

I didn't say there were any.

— Los chicos del coro (2004)

Parece que hubiera un terremoto dentro de mí.

It feels like there is an earthquake inside me.

— Bajrangi Bhaijaan (2015)

No creían que hubiera peligro real hasta que vieron las llamas de cerca.

They didn't believe there was any real danger until they saw the flames up close.