hubiera sido

would have been

→ haber
phrase Uncommon #13,281
would have been Also used as 'had been' in reported or hypothetical contexts; it is a subjunctive form of ser.
SP: Si hubiera sido más valiente, habría hablado antes.
EN: If I had been braver, I would have spoken earlier.

La policía rechazó la posibilidad de que ese caso hubiera sido un suicidio.

The police rejected the possibility that the case was a suicide.

Hubiera sido demasiado tarde.

It would have been too late.

— Bhaag Milkha Bhaag (2013)

Hubiera sido mejor si no hubiéramos hecho eso.

It would have been better if we hadn’t done that.

Eso hubiera sido menos mal.

That would have been less bad.

Un nombre mejor hubiera sido La Mansión de los Crédulos.

A better name would have been The Mansion of the Credulous.

— La increíble historia de David Copperfield (2019)

Si ese mago hubiera sido Howl, se lo habría comido.

If that wizard had been Howl, he would have eaten him.

— El castillo ambulante (2004)

Hubiera sido mejor no decir nada en ese momento tan delicado.

It would have been better to say nothing at that delicate moment.

Ojalá hubiera sido eterno.

I wish it had been eternal.

— Rebeca (1940)

Yo no hubiera sido capaz.

I wouldn't have been able to do it.

— Deseo, peligro (2007)

Te hubieras imaginado lo que hubiera sido en inglés.

You could have imagined what it would have been like in English.

— También la lluvia (2011)

Hubiera sido demasiado para ellos.

It would have been too much for them.

— Sin conexión (2025)

Hubiera sido mejor que fueras quien me lo hubiera dicho.

It would have been better if you had told me yourself.

— Solaris (1972)

Como si todo hubiera sido ayer.

As if it had all been yesterday.

Si fueras emocional mi hermana hubiera sido feliz.

If you were emotional, my sister would have been happy.

— Piku (2015)

Me trataste como a un imbécil, como si nunca hubiera sido nada para ti.

You treated me like an idiot, as if I had never meant anything to you.

— Uno de los nuestros (1990)

Hubiera sido imposible terminar el proyecto sin la ayuda del equipo completo.

It would have been impossible to finish the project without the help of the entire team.

Hubiera sido mucho más fácil lanzarme al vacío, como ha hecho la mayoría.

It would have been much easier to leap into the void, as most people have done.

— El hoyo (2019)

Ojalá hubiera sido amable con ella en ese entonces.

I wish I had been nice to her back then.

Estoy segura que hubiera sido feliz.

I am sure I would have been happy.

— El cuento de la princesa Kaguya (2013)

Porque entonces mi sueldo hubiera sido más que el suyo.

Because then my salary would have been more than his.

— Piku (2015)

Esta acción no hubiera sido suficiente para disminuir la inmundicia.

This action would not have been enough to reduce the filth.

Eso hubiera sido terrible.

That would have been terrible.

— Cinema Paradiso (1988)

Hubiera sido mejor para todos nosotros.

It would have been better for all of us.

— Sin amor (2017)

Dos hubiera sido casualidad.

Two would have been a coincidence.

— Jugada maestra (2026)

Si yo hubiera sido un pájaro, podría haber volado hasta ti.

If I had been a bird, I could have flown to you.

Hace diez años, un negocio como ese hubiera sido un éxito.

Ten years ago, a business like that would have been a success.