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volviera

came back, returned

→ volver
volv to return, to come back + iera Imperfect subjunctive
verb · imperfect tense Uncommon #18,479
came back, returned In a subjunctive clause, it can often be translated as “would come back” or “would return.”
SP: Quería que volviera temprano.
EN: I wanted him to come back early.
Conjugation of volver
SingularPlural
First volverme —
volvervolversevolverte
Subjunctive imperfect
SingularPlural
First volvía volviéramos
Second volvieras —
Third volvía volvían
volviera

Rezó para que volviera su hijo.

She prayed for her son to come back.

Ella me pidió que me quedara hasta que su madre volviera a casa.

She asked me to stay until her mother came home.

Si volviera a nacer, me gustaría ser canadiense.

If I were born again, I would like to be Canadian.

Le pedimos que volviera.

We asked him to come back.

Traté de convencer a Tomás para que volviera a casa.

I tried to convince Tomás to come back home.

Le aconsejó que volviera de inmediato.

He advised her to return immediately.

Le pedí mil veces que volviera a subir al coche.

I asked him a thousand times to get back in the car.

— El guardián invisible (2017)

Me pidió que esperara ahí hasta que él volviera.

He asked me to wait there until he returned.

Esperé todo el día que Tom volviera.

I waited all day for Tom to come back.

Al cabo de un año, yo ya quería que volviera.

After a year, I already wanted him to come back.

— Oppenheimer (2023)

Nunca creí que volviera a ver su cara.

I never thought I would see his face again.

— Viaje a las estrellas II: La ira de Khan (1982)

Él le aconsejó que volviera de una vez.

He advised her to come back immediately.

Ojalá no volviera.

I wish he wouldn't come back.

— Con Ánimo de Amar (2000)

Cuando yo volviera a casarme, haría los rituales en su nombre.

When I remarried, I would perform the rituals in his name.

— पीकू (2015)

Sucedió dos días después de que él volviera a Tokio.

It happened two days after he returned to Tokyo.

Tom quería que Mary volviera temprano a casa.

Tom wanted Mary to come home early.

Le dije a Tom que no volviera.

I told Tom not to come back.

Señor, pude haber desaparecido en la noche antes de que usted volviera.

Sir, I could have disappeared into the night before you returned.

— बजरंगी भाईजान (2015)

Si volviera a nacer otra vez, sería músico.

If I were born again, I would be a musician.

Como si volviera a ser yo misma.

As if I were myself again.

Lo que dijo Jane hizo que la atmósfera se volviera tensa.

What Jane said made the atmosphere tense.

No me sorprendería demasiado si esta canción se volviera un éxito.

I wouldn’t be too surprised if this song became a hit.