como si fuera

as if it were

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phrase Common #3,027
as if it were Introduces a hypothetical comparison and is followed by a verb in the subjunctive.
SP: Me miró como si fuera un extraño.
EN: He looked at me as if I were a stranger.

Juegas con él como si fuera un amigo.

You play with him as if he were a friend.

Y él vino a mi apartamento, como si fuera a su casa.

And he came to my apartment, as if he were going to his own house.

— Ирония судьбы, или С легким паром! (1976)

Ella quiere al niño como si fuera el suyo propio.

She loves the child as if he were her own.

A veces él actuaba como si fuera mi jefe.

Sometimes he acted as if he were my boss.

Y lo cuentas como si fuera todo verdad.

And you tell it as if it were all true.

— Aquarius (2016)

"La guerra", como si fuera una de las importantes.

“The war,” as if it were one of the important ones.

— Eternidad (2025)

Como si fuera la cosa más normal del mundo.

As if it were the most normal thing in the world.

— Pacto de sangre (1944)

Hablas de la guerra como si fuera un juego.

You talk about war as if it were a game.

Tengo que estar pendiente de él como si fuera un niño.

I have to keep an eye on him as if he were a child.

— Todo sobre mi madre (1999)

Vos sabés que yo lo quiero como si fuera mío, Gladys.

You know I love him as if he were my own, Gladys.

— Crímenes de familia (2020)

¡Pero el periódico escribe sobre ello como si fuera noticia!

But the newspaper writes about it as if it were news!

— El agente secreto (2025)

Lloré como si fuera una maldita ducha.

I cried like I was in a damn shower.

— Kajaki (2014)

Se siente como si fuera sólo una voz interior, supongo.

It feels like it's just an inner voice, I guess.

— Valor sentimental (2025)

No me trates como si fuera un niño.

Don't treat me like I'm a child.

Entonces te serviré como si fuera tu esclavo, tu perro, hasta que yo muera.

Then I will serve you as if I were your slave, your dog, until I die.

— Andrei Rublev (1966)

Se tomó el whisky como si fuera agua.

He drank the whiskey like it was water.

Habla japonés como si fuera japonés.

He speaks Japanese like he's Japanese.

Como si fuera el único atleta en esta fiesta.

As if I were the only athlete at this party.

Será como si fuera otro equipo.

It will be like it's a different team.

— El Huésped (2006)

Jane siempre se comportaba como si fuera rica.

Jane always acted as if she were rich.

Como si fuera un ratón de circo.

As if he were a circus mouse.

Poder explicarlo como si fuera un concepto.

To be able to explain it as if it were a concept.

— Solaris (1972)

Se comporta como si fuera el amo del lugar y nadie le dice nada.

He acts like he owns the place and nobody says anything to him.

Hablas como si fuera mi culpa.

You talk as if it were my fault.

Habló como si fuera el jefe, pero solo era un empleado nuevo.

He spoke as if he were the boss, but he was just a new employee.

Como si fuera tan fácil.

As if it were that easy.

— Nosotros los pobres (1948)

Lo dices como si fuera algo bueno.

You say that like it's a good thing.

Amo a ese perro como si fuera un hijo más de la familia.

I love that dog as if he were another child in the family.

Besas mi mano como si fuera una reina.

You kiss my hand like I'm a queen.

Míralo como si fuera un chiste.

Look at it as if it were a joke.

— Perros de Reserva (1992)

Tim escribe como si fuera zurdo.

Tim writes as if he were left-handed.

Lloró como si fuera un niño de seis años.

He cried like a six-year-old boy.

El agua pasa a través de una toalla de papel como si fuera un colador.

The water passes through a paper towel as if it were a sieve.

La quiero como si fuera mi hermana.

I love her like she's my sister.

Como si fuera la primera vez que lo miro.

As if it were the first time I looked at it.

Recogiendo en el interior como si fuera un depósito de plazo fijo.

Collecting it internally as if it were a fixed-term deposit.

— पीकू (2015)

Usas el azúcar como si fuera agua.

You use sugar as if it were water.

— Мой друг Иван Лапшин (1985)

Me trató como si fuera un desconocido después de tantos años.

He treated me like a stranger after so many years.

No me hables como si fuera idiota, porque no soy un idiota.

Don't talk to me like I'm an idiot, because I'm not an idiot.

— Bugonia (2025)

El profesor sonó como si fuera mi padre.

The professor sounded like he was my father.

Duerme como si fuera un bebé.

He sleeps like a baby.

Lo dice como si fuera impensable.

He says it as if it were unthinkable.

— Nuremberg: El Juicio Del Siglo (2025)

Como si fuera fácil hablar con ellos.

As if it were easy to talk to them.

Hablas de ella como si fuera un desastre.

You talk about her as if she were a disaster.

— Familia (2023)

Jane siempre se comportó como si fuera rica.

Jane always acted as if she were rich.

Me está hablando como si fuera un jugador cualquiera, ¿de acuerdo?

He's talking to me like I'm just any player, okay?

— Marty Supremo (2025)

Lo reciben como si fuera uno de ellos.

They welcome him as if he were one of them.

Como si fuera una confesión, no te preocupes.

It's like a confession, don't worry.

— Sin Amor (2017)

Naturalmente, se comenzó a vigilar la Zona como si fuera el manzano del Paraíso.

Naturally, the Zone began to be watched as if it were the apple tree in Paradise.

— Stalker (1979)

El extranjero habla japonés como si fuera su lengua nativa.

The foreigner speaks Japanese as if it were his native language.

Bésame como si fuera la última vez.

Kiss me like it's the last time.

He salido como si fuera un ladrón.

I left as if I were a thief.

— Las diabólicas (1955)

Conmigo, ella trata todo como si fuera un juego.

With me, she treats everything like a game.

— El cuento de la Princesa Kaguya (2013)

Como si fuera el gran gesto no comerme.

As if it were the grand gesture not to eat me.

Como si fuera un bebé.

As if I were a baby.

— Elena sabe (2023)

Cuidaré de tu hijo como si fuera mío.

I will take care of your child as if it were my own.

Lo dices como si fuera su exnovio.

You say it as if you were her ex-boyfriend.

— Suzume (2022)

Vive como si fuera millonario.

He lives like he's a millionaire.

Varias páginas escritas como si fuera en una revista.

Several pages written as if they were in a magazine.

— El Infierno (2010)

Como si fuera la primera vez.

As if it were the first time.

¿Me veo como si fuera tu hermana?

Do I look like your sister?

— बजरंगी भाईजान (2015)

Mira, el cuervo camina como si fuera un cisne.

Look, the crow walks like a swan.

Ella habló como si fuera mi madre.

She spoke as if she were my mother.

Vamos, piensa en ella como si fuera una mujer.

Come on, think of her as if she were a woman.

— Salyut-7 (2017)

Como si fuera invisible.

As if I were invisible.

— Malcolm X (1992)

Él lloró como si fuera un niño de seis años.

He cried like a six-year-old boy.

Dices eso como si fuera algo bueno.

You say that like it's a good thing.

Como si fuera el rescate.

As if it were the rescue.

Él siempre la ha cuidado como si fuera un verdadero padre.

He’s always looked after her as if he were her real father.

— Nosotros los pobres (1948)

Como si fuera un picnic, ¿eh?

Like it’s a picnic, huh?

— Rebeca (1940)

Actuó como si fuera la persona más importante de la sala.

He acted as if he were the most important person in the room.

Por favor, trabajen como si fuera un día laboral normal.

Please work as if it were a normal workday.

— El agente secreto (2025)

¿Por qué hablas de él como si fuera un hombre viejo?

Why do you talk about him as if he were an old man?

Bueno, y Katarina la quiere como si fuera una hija.

Well, and Katarina loves her like a daughter.

— Hable con ella (2002)

Ella ama al chico como si fuera su propio hijo.

She loves the boy as if he were her own son.

Vivo cada día como si fuera el último, sin arrepentirme de nada.

I live each day as if it were my last, without regrets.

Amaré a tu madre como si fuera mi madre.

I will love your mother as if she were my own.

¡Me miró como si fuera un agente vestido de civil!

He looked at me as if I were an undercover agent!

— El conformista (1971)

Como si fuera novedad, lo que comemos cada día.

As if it were something new, what we eat every day.

— Kal Ho Naa Ho (2003)

Es como si fuera ingeniero o algo.

It's as if he were an engineer or something.

— Mike & Nick & Nick & Alice (2026)

Sostén el pato frente a ti, como si fuera tu cosita.

Hold the duck in front of you, as if it were your little thing.

— Ne le dis à personne (2006)

Odio que me digan lo que tengo que hacer como si fuera un niño.

I hate being told what to do as if I were a child.