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ellos hubieran

had, would have

u ˈb j e ɾ a n → haber
auxiliary · 3rd-person plural, pluperfect tense Common #10,281
had, would have Used with a past participle in the subjunctive; in a counterfactual result, it can mean “would have.”
SP: Si hubieran salido antes, habrían llegado a tiempo.
EN: If they had left earlier, they would have arrived on time.
Conjugation of haber
Subjunctive pluperfect
SingularPlural
First — hubiésemos
Second hubieras —
Third — hubieran
hubiera

Nos hubieran hecho una señal.

They could have given us a sign.

— Primate (2026)

Si más personas hubieran votado, habríamos ganado la elección.

If more people had voted, we would have won the election.

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.

Ojalá hubieran encontrado.

I wish they had found it.

— La Bruja (2016)

Esos te hubieran devuelto a Pekín.

They would have sent you back to Beijing.

— El tigre y el dragón (2000)

Es una lástima que los agujeros negros no se hubieran descubierto aún.

It's a shame that black holes hadn't been discovered yet.

— Como agua para chocolate (1992)

Habría hecho lo que me hubieran pedido.

I would have done whatever they had asked of me.

— Oppenheimer (2023)

Si no millones hubieran muerto.

Otherwise, millions would have died.

— Suzume (2022)

Me sentí como si se hubieran levantado siete soles dentro de mí.

I felt as if seven suns had risen inside me.

Como si me hubieran drogado.

As if I had been drugged.

— Proyecto: El Internado (2026)

Siento como si hubieran pasado años desde la mañana del domingo.

It feels like years have passed since Sunday morning.

Habría estado bien que se hubieran matado los unos a los otros.

It would have been good if they had killed each other.

— Yojimbo (1961)

Habría sido mucho mejor si los españoles no hubieran invadido América Latina.

It would have been much better if the Spanish hadn’t invaded Latin America.

Ellos te hubieran apuñalado en el cuello.

They would have stabbed you in the neck.

— Exterminio: El templo de huesos (2026)

¿Se hubieran quedado por más tiempo?

Would they have stayed longer?

Esperaba que la hubieran expulsado o tomara drogas duras.

I expected her to have been expelled or to be taking hard drugs.

— Juno: Crecer, correr y tropezar (2007)

Se ve como si lo hubieran matado.

He looks as though he’s been killed.

— It (Eso) (2017)

Las computadoras lo hubieran visto.

Computers would have seen it.

Dudo que ellos hubieran hecho algo así.

I doubt they would have done something like that.

— Voraz (2017)

Hubieran ahorrado millones.

They would have saved millions.

— 3 Idiotas (2009)

Ojalá hubieran pasado ya todas estas dificultades.

I wish all these difficulties were over by now.

— Aguirre, la ira de Dios (1972)

Si te hubieran ofrecido el puesto, ¿lo habrías aceptado?

If you had been offered the position, would you have accepted it?

Tú quisieras que se hubieran invertido los papeles.

You wish the roles had been reversed.

— El señor de los anillos: El retorno del rey (2003)

Que no me hubieran provocado.

That they hadn't provoked me.

— Astérix & Obélix : Mission Cléopâtre (2002)

Aquellas personas eran mis padres, pero hubieran podido ser otras.

Those people were my parents, but they could have been others.

— Las alas del deseo (1987)

Sin él, no me hubieran aceptado.

Without him, they wouldn't have accepted me.

— Perros de Reserva (1992)

¿Y si nos hubieran visto?

What if they had seen us?

— हम दिल दे चुके सनम (1999)

¡Te hubieran llevado a una institución para débiles mentales, imbécil!

They should’ve sent you to an institution for the mentally disabled, you idiot!

— Museo (2018)

Pero tus padres no te hubieran aceptado.

But your parents wouldn't have accepted you.

— El tigre y el dragón (2000)

Es como si hubieran secuestrado al gobernador, pero peor.

It's like they kidnapped the governor, but worse.

— Bugonia (2025)

Las cosas hubieran terminado mejor si no hubiésemos ido allí.

Things would have ended better if we hadn't gone there.

¿Cómo sería América hoy si las cosas hubieran sido diferentes?

What would America be like today if things had been different?

— Diarios de motocicleta (2004)

Si hubieran sido más, habríamos estado en serios problemas — dije.

If there had been more of them, we would’ve been in serious trouble, I said.

Pero hubieran matado a Westley si no hacía esto.

But they would have killed Westley if he hadn't done this.

— La Princesa Prometida (1987)

Juan siempre decía que ojalá lo hubieran hecho.

Juan always said he wished they had done it.

— Museo (2018)

Como si te hubieran estado esperando toda su vida.

As if they had been waiting for you their whole life.

— Familia en renta (2025)

Te hubieran soltado por burro.

They would have let you go because you were an idiot.

Si les hubieran ayudado antes, no tendrían que morir así.

If they had been helped sooner, they wouldn't have to die like this.

— Kung fu (2004)

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hubieras u ˈb j e ɾ a s