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y ahí estaba

and there it was

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phrase Rare #23,562
and there it was Often used in narration to mean that something or someone was there, often unexpectedly.
SP: Abrí la puerta y ahí estaba mi hermano.
EN: I opened the door and there was my brother.

Y ahí estaba ella.

And there she was.

Me desperté en mi dormitorio y ahí estaba.

I woke up in my bedroom and there it was.

Y ahí estaba como su madre la trajo al mundo.

And there she was, just as her mother had brought her into the world.

— Malèna (2000)

Y ahí estaba.

And there it was.

El día del nacimiento llegó y ahí estaba la mitad de la aldea.

The day of the birth arrived, and half the village was there.

— Dangal (2016)