supieran

knew

→ saber
supier know + an Imperfect subjunctive, 3rd-person plural
verb · plural Rare #32,261
knew Used for a past or hypothetical situation; often translated as “knew” in English.
SP: Quería que supieran la verdad.
EN: I wanted them to know the truth.
Conjugation of saber
Subjunctive
supieransupiese

Si ellos supieran algo, nos lo dirían.

If they knew something, they would tell us.

Si supieran lo que hay ahí, ya estaríamos muertos.

If they knew what was in there, we'd already be dead.

— El botín (2026)

Si ellos sólo supieran que yo existo.

If only they knew I existed.

— Елена (2011)

Yo quería que supieran que era un músico hermoso.

I wanted them to know that he was a beautiful musician.

— Whiplash: Música y Obsesión (2014)

Quería que todos supieran que las cosas habían cambiado.

I wanted everyone to know that things had changed.

Ah, los tontos, ¡si supieran!

Ah, the fools, if only they knew!

Van hacia ti como si supieran algo.

They come towards you as if they know something.

Es como si todos ya supieran de la historia.

It's like everyone already knows the story.

Nada que no supieran.

Nothing they didn't already know.

— La Sociedad de los Poetas Muertos (1989)

Ella se casó sin que sus padres supieran.

She got married without her parents knowing.

Tom no quería que sus amigos supieran que era camello.

Tom didn’t want his friends to know that he was a drug dealer.