How to say "there was/there were" in Spanish

había

aˈβia

aˈβia

Translation:there was/there were

Part of speech:verb

The verb 'había' is the third person singular form of 'haber' in the imperfect tense, used to denote existence in the past.

Grammar

Tensepast
Person3
Moodindicative
Voiceactive
Simple formhaber

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