hubo

there was, was

Examples

Según las noticias en televisión, hubo un accidente de avión en India.

According to TV news, there was a plane crash in India.

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Hace mucho tiempo, cuando Plutón aún era un planeta, hubo un niño llamado Tom.

A long time ago when Pluto was still a planet, there was a boy named Tom.

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El cielo entero se iluminó y hubo una explosión.

The whole sky lit up and there was an explosion.

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Hubo un fuego en esta ciudad anoche.

There was a fire in this city last night.

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Estrictamente hablando, hubo varios errores en su discurso.

Strictly speaking, there were some mistakes in his speech.

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Entre los hallazgos hubo paraguas, zapatos y pañuelos.

Among the things found were umbrellas, shoes, and handkerchiefs.

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Denante hubo aquí una mujer que te buscaba.

There was a woman here earlier looking for you.

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Anoche hubo una helada terrible.

It froze hard last night.

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Hubo mucha nieve el invierno anterior.

There was a lot of snow last winter.

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Hoy día hubo un enorme sismo, pero afortunadamente todos en la familia se encuentran bien.

There was a huge earthquake today, but thankfully everyone in the family is safe and well.

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Hubo contiendas en las calles.

There was fighting in the streets.

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Hubo un desafortunado incidente en casa.

There was an unfortunate incident at home.

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Hubo muchas tormentas de nieve el último invierno.

There were many snow storms last winter.

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Hoy no hubo nubes.

There were no clouds today.

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Hubo un vitoreo general.

Everyone cheered.

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El mes pasado hubo cuatro días de sol por cada día de lluvia.

The proportion of sunny days to rainy days last month was 4 to 1.

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¿Cuántos sobrevivientes hubo?

How many survivors were there?

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Hubo una convención el mes pasado.

There was a convention last month.

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No hubo ningún error por su parte.

There was no mistake on his part.

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El año pasado hubo mucha nieve.

Last year there was a lot of snow.

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