hubiera estado allí

would have been there

→ haber

phrase Uncommon #11,568

would have been there A conditional or subjunctive form used for a hypothetical past situation. Depending on context, it can also mean “had been there.”

SP: Si me lo hubieras dicho, hubiera estado allí.

EN: If you had told me, I would have been there.

Ojalá hubiera estado allí.

I wish I had been there.

— Avatar: El sentido del agua (2022)

Si no hubiera estado allí, ¿podría haberle gustado a Mido?

Would Mido have liked them if I hadn't been there?

— Old Boy (2003)

Lo hubiera hecho yo solo si Tom no hubiera estado allí.

I would have done it myself if Tom hadn’t been there.

Ojalá hubiera estado allí contigo.

I wish I had been there with you.

Eso solo puede saberlo alguien que hubiera estado allí y nos hubiera visto.

Only someone who had been there and seen us would know that.

— Zeta (2026)

Si yo hubiera estado allí para ella, tal vez me lo habría contado.

If I had been there for her, maybe she would have told me.

— Sin piedad (2026)

Ojalá él hubiera estado allí.

I wish he had been there.

Si Tom hubiera estado allí, no habría sucedido.

If Tom had been there, it wouldn’t have happened.

Aunque fui el último en llegar, me trataron como si hubiera estado allí desde el comienzo.

Although I was the last to arrive, they treated me as if I had been there from the beginning.