él hubiera

had, would have, there were, there was

u ˈb j e ɾ a → haber
auxiliary · 3rd-person, pluperfect tense Common #2,843
had Used with a past participle to form the past perfect subjunctive.
SP: Si hubiera sabido, te habría llamado.
EN: If I had known, I would have called you.
would have Often used with a past participle in place of habría.
SP: Sin tu ayuda, no hubiera terminado a tiempo.
EN: Without your help, I wouldn’t have finished on time.
Conjugation of haber

Ese hombre hubiera vendido su alma para hacerla feliz.

That man would have sold his soul to make her happy.

Mira, es como si la Nada nunca hubiera existido.

Look, it's as if Nothingness never existed.

— La historia sin fin (1984)

Hubiera deseado que me lo dijeras.

I wish you had told me.

Ojalá no hubiera comprado esto.

I wish I hadn’t bought this.

Hermia hubiera ofendido su orgullo de haber pensado mal de él.

Hermia would have wounded his pride if she had thought ill of him.

— La Sociedad de los Poetas Muertos (1989)

¡Nunca se lo hubiera dado a nadie!

I would never have given it to anyone!

— Sin Amor (2017)

Yo nunca hubiera olvidado una carta de ella.

I would never have forgotten a letter from her.

— Manon des sources (1986)

Es como si yo misma la hubiera ahorcado.

It's as if I had hanged her myself.

— La doncella (2016)

Me alegra que lo hayas anticipado por escrito o hubiera enloquecido.

I'm glad you anticipated it in writing, or I would have gone crazy.

— Lars y la chica real (2007)

Si no fuera por mí, usted no hubiera llegado hasta acá, ¿se acuerda de eso?

If it weren't for me, you wouldn't have gotten this far, remember that?

— El secreto de sus ojos (2009)

Parece como si ya lo hubiera escrito.

It seems as if I had already written it.

— Anatomía de una Caída (2023)

Si supiera cómo, hubiera salvado a Zaheer.

If I had known how, I would have saved Zaheer.

— मुन्ना भाई एम बी बी एस (2003)

Pues nadie hubiera notado su ausencia.

Well, nobody would have noticed his absence.

— Moscú no cree en lágrimas (1980)

Una mamá de verdad hubiera horneado un pastel.

A real mom would have baked a cake.

— Mátate, amor (2025)

No creo que hubiera rechazado.

I don't think I would have refused.

— Брат 2 (2000)

Es como si mi vida hubiera acabado.

It's like my life is over.

Hubiera preferido quedarme en casa, pero la obligación me llamaba.

I would have preferred to stay home, but duty called.

Con más formación, hubiera conseguido un trabajo mejor.

With more training, I would have gotten a better job.

Es como si nunca hubiera oído hablar de la cirugía plástica.

It's as if I'd never heard of plastic surgery.

— Locamente millonarios (2018)

Tom estaba sorprendido de que Mary no hubiera escuchado nunca November Rain.

Tom was surprised that Mary had never heard of November Rain.

Veía toda mi vida como si ya la hubiera vivido.

I saw my whole life as if I had already lived it.

— Titanic (1997)

Si el doctor tan solo hubiera llegado un poco antes.

If only the doctor had arrived a little earlier.

Ojalá nunca hubiera recibido el anillo.

I wish I had never received the ring.

— El señor de los anillos: La comunidad del anillo (2001)

No es como si yo hubiera leído todos los libros en la repisa.

It’s not as if I had read all the books on the shelf.

Quizás lo hubiera llamado entonces.

Perhaps I would have called him then.

— Sin piedad (2026)

Hubiera jugado sólo para comer.

I would have played just to eat.

— El Campo de los Sueños (1989)

Con un poco más de esfuerzo él lo hubiera conseguido.

With a little more effort he would have achieved it.

¿Si hubiera hablado antes, el resultado habría sido diferente?

If I had spoken up sooner, would the outcome have been different?

Ojalá Tom hubiera traído una linterna.

I wish Tom had brought a flashlight.

Si no hubiera perseguido a esa cosa, ella habría sido la comida de un demonio.

If she hadn't chased that thing, she would have been a demon's food.

— Ne Zha (2019)

Y hubiera cambiado en cada uno de ellos.

And it would have changed in each of them.

— El hombre de la tierra (2007)

Si le hubiera pegado a una pared, se habría sentido igual.

If he had hit a wall, he would have felt the same.

Si Bob hubiera seguido mi consejo, todo estaría en orden ahora.

If Bob had followed my advice, everything would be in order now.

Imagina si le hubiera dado el anillo que quería.

Imagine if I had given her the ring she wanted.

¿Y qué habría pasado si el tipo hubiera sobrevivido?

And what would have happened if the guy had survived?

— Estallido mortal (1981)

¡Me hubiera quedado a pelear de haber podido!

I would have stayed to fight if I could have!

— La princesa Mononoke (1997)

Es como si hubiera desaparecido.

It's like he's disappeared.

¿Y si ya hubiera entrado?

What if I had already gone in?

— Divorzio all'italiana (1961)

Si yo hubiera subido a ese coche, mi vida habría sido diferente.

If I had gotten into that car, my life would have been different.

— Río Místico (2003)

Esa lanza hubiera atravesado a un jabalí.

That spear would have pierced a boar.

— El señor de los anillos: La comunidad del anillo (2001)

Haré como si esta conversación nunca hubiera tenido lugar.

I'll pretend this conversation never happened.

— Cónclave (2024)

¿Y si no lo hubiera recuperado?

What if I hadn't recovered it?

— Возвращение (2003)

Hubiera deseado ser yo quien muriera.

I wish it had been me who died.

— El sonido de la muerte (2026)

Si él hubiera seguido el consejo de su doctor, quizás no habría muerto.

If he had followed his doctor's advice, he might not have died.

Si al menos hubiera aprendido algo.

If only I had learned something.

— Les invasions barbares (2003)

Será como si no hubiera existido.

It will be as if it had never existed.

Bernard le hubiera quedado mejor.

Bernard would have suited him better.

— Cuestión de tiempo (2013)

De lo contrario, ella hubiera tirado todos los discos.

Otherwise, she would have thrown away all the records.

— Despedidas (2008)

Nada, ni que se la hubiera tragado la tierra.

Nothing—it's like she just vanished off the face of the earth.

— Volver (2006)

Es como si él hubiera desaparecido de la faz de la Tierra.

It’s as if he had disappeared off the face of the earth.

Tampoco no los hubiera ordenado.

I wouldn't have ordered them either.

— Despedidas (2008)

Como si no hubiera existido jamás.

As if it had never existed.

— Burning (2018)

Quien no hubiera comido.

Anyone who hadn't eaten.

— Lazzaro felice (2018)

Ojalá no hubiera bebido tanto.

I wish I hadn’t drunk so much.

Tal vez no lo hubiera comprendido.

Perhaps I wouldn't have understood.

— Cinema Paradiso (1988)

El ganador hubiera pagado mejor.

The winner would have paid better.

Hubiera preferido una palabra agradable.

I would have preferred a nice word.

— Cinema Paradiso (1988)

Como si se lo hubiera tragado la tierra.

As if the earth had swallowed him.

Si me hubiera ido un poquito antes hubiera pescado el último tren.

If I had left a little earlier I would have caught the last train.

Si no hubiera estado comiendo mientras conducía, no habría tenido un accidente.

If I hadn’t been eating while driving, I wouldn’t have had an accident.

Se la hubiera enseñado.

I would have shown it to her.

— Rebeca (1940)

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)

Como si lo hubiera soñado.

As if I had dreamed it.

— Le notti di Cabiria (1957)

Me siento como si hubiera abierto mi propio local de tallarines.

I feel like I’ve opened my own noodle shop.

— タンポポ (1985)

De ningún modo hubiera entrado aquí sin él, Goreng.

There is no way I would have entered here without him, Goreng.

— El hoyo (2019)

Si yo hubiera desayunado esta mañana ahora no tendría hambre.

If I had eaten breakfast this morning, I wouldn't be hungry now.

No, no, quiero decir, no me habrías dejado entrar si no lo hubiera demostrado.

No, no, I mean, you wouldn't have let me in if I hadn't proven it.

— Los ilusionistas 3: Ahora me ves, ahora no (2025)

No lo hubiera permitido.

I wouldn't have allowed it.

— Volver (2006)

Dudo que hubiera aceptado la oferta aunque le hubieran pagado el doble.

I doubt he would have accepted the offer even if they had paid him double.

Pero se habría quedado, si se lo hubiera pedido.

But he would have stayed if I’d asked him to.

— Marty Supremo (2025)

Hubiera jurado que era el paraíso.

I would have sworn it was paradise.

— El Campo de los Sueños (1989)

Si Himi no hubiera llegado, todos los Wara Wara habrían muerto.

If Himi hadn't arrived, all the Wara Wara would have died.

— El niño y la garza (2023)

Si no hubiera desperdiciado el tiempo, ya habría terminado.

If I hadn’t wasted time, I would have finished by now.

Podrías haber esperado hasta que tu madre hubiera cortado el pastel.

You could have waited until your mother had cut the cake.

— Vida solo hay una (2011)

Bueno, creo que Walter hubiera apreciado que vinieras.

Well, I think Walter would have appreciated your coming.

— Equipo Demolición (2026)

Actuaba como amo y señor del departamento sin que nadie le hubiera dado permiso.

He acted as the master and lord of the department without anyone having given him permission.

Creo que hubiera salido mal.

I think it would have gone badly.

— Casi famosos (2000)

Me los hubiera robado, la portátil.

I would have stolen it from them—the laptop.

— पीकू (2015)

Pero es posible que ya hubiera desaparecido.

But it's possible it had already disappeared.

— Paddington 2 (2017)

Entiendo que habría sido su elección para capitana si no nos hubiera encontrado.

I understand she would have been your choice for captain if she hadn’t found us.

Si yo hubiera tenido deseos, lo hubiera matado.

If I’d wanted to, I would have killed him.

— Vuelven (2017)

Ojalá no hubiera tenido que hacer eso.

I wish I hadn’t had to do that.

Si él hubiera tenido tiempo, habría ido.

If he had had the time, he would have gone.

Ojalá yo hubiera estudiado más cuando era joven.

I wish I had studied more when I was younger.

Tom habría llegado tarde si María no lo hubiera llevado.

Tom would have arrived late if María hadn’t given him a ride.

Desearía que no hubiera creído a Tom.

I wish I hadn't believed Tom.

Tom se sentía como si lo hubiera chocado un camión.

Tom felt as if he had been hit by a truck.

Si al menos hubiera escrito.

If only he had written.

— Les invasions barbares (2003)

Le hubiera quebrado la mandíbula.

I would have broken his jaw.

— 3 Idiotas (2009)

Menos mal que no lo hiciste, si no hubiera cancelado la mía.

Thank goodness you didn't, otherwise I would have cancelled mine.

— स्वदेस (2004)

Dios, mi familia los hubiera destrozado en este programa.

God, my family would have torn them apart on this show.

— La Empleada (2025)

Ayer le hubiera debido decir que lo sentía.

I should have told him I was sorry yesterday.

— Las alas del deseo (1987)

Su mamá no hubiera salido conmigo si no hubiera sido un fumador sexy.

His mom wouldn't have gone out with me if I wasn't a sexy smoker.

— Cuestión de tiempo (2013)

Es como si él mismo hubiera matado a Jimmima.

It's as if he himself had killed Jimmima.

— Exterminio: El templo de huesos (2026)

Como si no hubiera más sentido.

As if there were no other meaning.

— Zootopia 2 (2025)

Sin su consejo, él hubiera fracasado.

Without his advice, he would have failed.

No sé qué habría hecho la gente si no hubiera tenido el consejo de Vincent.

I don’t know what people would have done if they hadn’t had Vincent’s advice.

Estoy seguro de que le hubiera encantado.

I'm sure she would have loved it.

— Drácula (2025)

Ojalá no hubiera comprado algo tan inútil.

I wish I hadn't bought something so useless.

Si él hubiera recibido su consejo, él hubiera tenido éxito.

If he had taken their advice, he would have succeeded.

Tom hubiera tomado la misma decisión que yo en mi lugar.

Tom would have made the same decision I did if he were in my shoes.

Mi padre la hubiera abierto hace tiempo.

My father would have opened it a long time ago.

Tom pudo haber sobrevivido si la ambulancia hubiera llegado un poco antes.

Tom could have survived if the ambulance had arrived a little earlier.

¿Y de qué hubiera servido?

And what good would it have done?

— TÁR (2022)

O si el Eterno no hubiera fijado su ley contra el suicidio.

Or if the Eternal One had not established His law against suicide.

— Hamnet (2025)

Si no hubiera huido, lo habría escogido para pelear.

If he hadn't run away, I would have chosen him to fight.

— Exterminio: El templo de huesos (2026)

Yo nunca lo hubiera adivinado.

I never would have guessed it.

— Un Taxista (2017)

¿Te hubiera matado abrir con"Sweet Caroline"?

Would it have killed you to open with “Sweet Caroline”?

— Song Sung Blue: Sueño inquebrantable (2025)

Hubiera sido yo quien lo hubiera matado.

I would have been the one to kill him.

— Vuelven (2017)

Realmente hubiera deseado estar aquí desde el comienzo.

I really wish I had been here from the beginning.

— El hombre de la tierra (2007)

Yo hubiera tardado un poco más, pero algunas cosas habrían salido mejor.

I would have taken a little longer, but some things would have turned out better.

— Cinema Paradiso (1988)

Me siento como si hubiera despertado de una pesadilla.

I feel like I’ve just woken up from a nightmare.

Sin su ayuda hubiera fracasado.

Without their help I would have failed.

¿Y qué hubiera cambiado?

And what would have changed?

— Sin Amor (2017)

Huele como si alguien hubiera estado fumando aquí.

It smells like someone has been smoking here.

Si hubiera sabido la dirección de él, le hubiera escrito.

If I had known his address, I would have written to him.

Si Tom me lo hubiera pedido, yo se lo habría dado.

If Tom had asked me for it, I would have given it to him.

Yo hubiera esperado.

I would have waited.

Es como si ella de verdad hubiera vivido aquí.

It's as if she had actually lived here.

— El recuerdo de Marnie (2014)

Ojalá nunca hubiera entrado ahí.

I wish I had never gone in there.

— Buena suerte, diviértete, no mueras (2026)

Sin tu consejo, no lo hubiera logrado.

Without your advice, I wouldn't have made it.

Algo que hubiera comprado, que le hayan enviado, ¿no?

Something he might have bought, that they sent him, right?

— Zeta (2026)

Si yo hubiera tomado la llave, yo no estaría de pie detrás de la puerta.

If I had taken the key, I wouldn't be standing behind the door.

Rómulo estaría vivo si yo no hubiera intentado fugarme.

Rómulo would be alive if I hadn't tried to escape.

— Los renglones torcidos de Dios (2022)

Preguntó si hubiera alguien disponible para cubrir el turno de la noche.

He asked if there was anyone available to cover the night shift.

Hubiera jugado gratis.

I would have played for free.

— El Campo de los Sueños (1989)

Ojalá le hubiera dado yo.

I wish I had given it to him myself.

— Atlantis: El imperio perdido (2001)

No quisiera que la hubiera leído, todavía.

I wish she hadn’t read it yet.

— Las alas del deseo (1987)

Claro, si usted hubiera sido diseñado.

Sure, if you had been designed that way.

— Blade Runner 2049 (2017)

Ella no lo habría hecho, si yo no se lo hubiera pedido.

She wouldn't have done it if I hadn't asked her to.

— Marty Supremo (2025)

Si ella no hubiera estudiado inglés aquí, no habría pasado el examen.

If she hadn't studied English here, she wouldn't have passed the exam.

Si le hubiera cuidado yo en casa la neumonía, nada de esto habría pasado.

If I’d looked after him at home while he had pneumonia, none of this would have happened.

— El guardián invisible (2017)

Le había molestado que hubiera escapado del incendio de su casa.

It had bothered him that he had escaped the fire at his house.

verb · pluperfect tense Uncommon #25,288
there were, there was Often used after phrases such as como si or no sabía que.
SP: Ojalá hubiera más tiempo.
EN: I wish there were more time.
had Used with a past participle to form the past perfect subjunctive.
SP: Si hubiera sabido, te habría llamado.
EN: If I had known, I would have called you.
Conjugation of haber
Subjunctive pluperfect
hubiera

No sabía que hubiera tan grandes.

I didn't know there were such big ones.

— Anaconda (2025)

Parece que hubiera un terremoto dentro de mí.

It feels like there is an earthquake inside me.

— बजरंगी भाईजान (2015)

Nadie pensó que hubiera algo mal hasta que fue demasiado tarde para actuar.

Nobody thought anything was wrong until it was too late to act.

Es como si hubiera una cortina por todos lados.

It's as if there were a curtain all around.

— Demon Slayer: Mugen Train La película (2020)

Que los hubiera en la isla de al lado era inaceptable.

The fact that there were any on the neighboring island was unacceptable.

Quizá hubiera otros mercados para el pescado en algún lugar.

Maybe there were other markets for the fish somewhere.

Como si en este pueblo hubiera un café.

As if there were a café in this town.

— Tu nombre (2016)

No sabía que hubiera sangre en el maletero.

I didn't know there was blood in the trunk.

— Río Místico (2003)

No creían que hubiera peligro real hasta que vieron las llamas de cerca.

They didn't believe there was any real danger until they saw the flames up close.

Salvo que hubiera una razón.

Unless there was a reason.

No sabía que hubiera servicios secretos aquí en Charlotte.

I didn't know there were secret services here in Charlotte.

— Un buen ladrón (2025)

No dije que las hubiera.

I didn't say there were any.

— Los chicos del coro (2004)

No creo que hubiera otra solución posible dadas las circunstancias del momento.

I don't think there was any other possible solution given the circumstances at the time.

Es como si hubiera un muro entre nosotros.

It's as if there's a wall between us.

— Pacto de sangre (1944)

No tenía ni idea de que hubiera tanta gente aquí.

I had no idea there were so many people here.