era posible

it was possible

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phrase Uncommon #24,393
it was possible The subject can be understood from context, so it can also mean “was possible.”
SP: No creía que era posible terminarlo hoy.
EN: I didn’t think it was possible to finish it today.

¿Si era posible psicológicamente el qué?

What do you mean, whether it was psychologically possible?

— La doble vida de Verónica (1991)

No era posible que hubiera tanta gente en un espacio tan reducido.

It was not possible for so many people to be in such a small space.

De pronto supimos que era posible controlar la gravedad.

Suddenly we knew that it was possible to control gravity.

Ella lo evitaba siempre que era posible.

She avoided him whenever possible.

Y yo no sé si él alguna vez pensó que esto era posible, que perdería.

And I don't know if he ever thought this was possible, that he would lose.

— La Máquina: The Smashing Machine (2025)

Debes haber pensado que era posible.

You must have thought it was possible.

Y es una sensación que ni siquiera sabía que era posible.

And it's a feeling I didn't even know was possible.

— La Máquina: The Smashing Machine (2025)

Dije que era posible que lloviera.

I said it was possible that it might rain.

No sabía que eso era posible.

I didn't know that was possible.

Quería ver si era posible.

I wanted to see if it was possible.

— La doble vida de Verónica (1991)

En el vagón no era posible.

It wasn't possible in the train car.

— El odio (1995)

Estaba grabando la entrevista y ya no era posible.

I was recording the interview and it was no longer possible.

— Anatomía de una Caída (2023)

Si era posible psicológicamente.

If it was psychologically possible.

— La doble vida de Verónica (1991)

Tenía que hablarte, conocerte si era posible.

I had to talk to you, meet you if possible.

Era posible.

It was possible.

Para ver que era posible.

To see that it was possible.

— Laurence Anyways (2012)