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ellos hubieran

had

u ˈb j e ɾ a n → haber
auxiliary · third plural · pluperfect subjunctive Uncommon #9,851
had Used with a past participle to form the past perfect subjunctive (e.g., “hubieran hablado” = “had spoken”).
SP: Si hubieran llegado antes, habríamos cenado juntos.
EN: If they had arrived earlier, we would have had dinner together.
Conjugation of haber
Subjunctive pluperfect
SingularPlural
First — hubiésemos
Second hubieras —
Third — hubieran
hubiera

Que no me hubieran provocado.

That they hadn't provoked me.

— Astérix y Obélix: Misión Cleopatra (2002)

Habría estado bien que se hubieran matado los unos a los otros.

It would have been good if they had killed each other.

— Yojimbo. El mercenario (1961)

Como si me hubieran drogado.

As if I had been drugged.

— The Internship (2026)

Hubieran ahorrado millones.

They would have saved millions.

— 3 Idiots (2009)

Pero hubieran matado a Westley si no hacía esto.

But they would have killed Westley if he hadn't done this.

— La princesa prometida (1987)

Te hubieran soltado por burro.

They would have let you go because you were an idiot.

Como si te hubieran estado esperando toda su vida.

As if they had been waiting for you their whole life.

— Rental Family (Familia de alquiler) (2025)

Si les hubieran ayudado antes, no tendrían que morir así.

If they had been helped sooner, they wouldn't have to die like this.

— Kung Fu Sion (2004)

Habría hecho lo que me hubieran pedido.

I would have done whatever they had asked of me.

— Oppenheimer (2023)

Dudo que ellos hubieran hecho algo así.

I doubt they would have done something like that.

— Crudo (2017)

Me hubieran cogido de todos modos.

They would have caught me anyway.

— Adiós, muchachos (1987)

Si te hubieran ofrecido el puesto, ¿lo habrías aceptado?

If you had been offered the position, would you have accepted it?

Si la Tierra fuera plana, los gatos ya hubieran tirado todo.

If the Earth were flat, cats would have knocked everything over by now.

Nos hubieran hecho una señal.

They could have given us a sign.

— Primate (2026)

Las cosas hubieran terminado mejor si no hubiésemos ido allí.

Things would have ended better if we hadn't gone there.

Es como si hubieran secuestrado al gobernador, pero peor.

It's like they kidnapped the governor, but worse.

— Bugonia (2025)

Tú quisieras que se hubieran invertido los papeles.

You wish the roles had been reversed.

— El señor de los anillos: El retorno del rey (2003)

Aquellas personas eran mis padres, pero hubieran podido ser otras.

Those people were my parents, but they could have been others.

— El cielo sobre Berlín (1987)

Si más personas hubieran votado, habríamos ganado la elección.

If more people had voted, we would have won the election.

Como si le hubieran castigado.

As if he had been punished.

— Stalker (1979)

Sino hubieran salido de la escuela, no habría habido incendio.

If they hadn't left the school, there wouldn't have been a fire.

— Los chicos del coro (2004)

Ojalá hubieran pasado ya todas estas dificultades.

I wish all these difficulties were over by now.

— Aguirre, la cólera de Dios (1972)

Ojala hubieran encontrado.

I wish they had found them.

— La bruja (2016)

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.

Esos te hubieran devuelto a Pekín.

They would have sent you back to Beijing.

— Tigre y dragón (2000)

Sin él, no me hubieran aceptado.

Without him, they wouldn't have accepted me.

— Reservoir Dogs (1992)

Pero tus padres no te hubieran aceptado.

But your parents wouldn't have accepted you.

— Tigre y dragón (2000)

Habría sido mucho mejor si los españoles no hubieran invadido América Latina.

It would have been much better if the Spanish hadn’t invaded Latin America.

Las computadoras lo hubieran visto.

Computers would have seen it.

Se ve como si lo hubieran matado.

He looks as though he’s been killed.

— It (Eso) (2017)

Sino millones hubieran muerto.

Otherwise, millions would have died.

— Suzume (2022)

Ellos te hubieran apuñalado en el cuello.

They would have stabbed you in the neck.

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

Siento como si hubieran pasado años desde la mañana del domingo.

It feels like years have passed since Sunday morning.

Esperaba que la hubieran expulsado o tomara drogas duras.

I expected her to have been expelled or to be taking hard drugs.

— Juno (2007)

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hubieras u ˈb j e ɾ a s