apareciera

appeared, showed up

→ aparecer
aparec to appear, to show up + iera Imperfect subjunctive
verb · imperfect tense Rare #32,097
appeared, showed up Used in the imperfect subjunctive.
SP: Esperaba que apareciera pronto.
EN: I hoped he would show up soon.
Conjugation of aparecer
Subjunctive imperfect
SingularPlural
First aparecía —
Third aparecía aparecían
apareciera

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

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

Podrían pasar veinte años antes de que apareciera otra nave estelar.

It could be twenty years before another starship appears.

Tom se sorprendió de que Mary apareciera.

Tom was surprised when Mary appeared.

Ya era hora de que apareciera alguien.

It was about time someone showed up.

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)

Tom no esperaba que Mary apareciera a tiempo.

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

Imagina que hubiera una guerra y no apareciera nadie.

Imagine there were a war and no one 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)

Esperamos a que él apareciera.

We waited for him to appear.

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.