Sentence examples of "fueran" in Spanish with translation "be"

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Los tigres blancos no son albinos, si lo fueran no tendrían rayas. White tigers are not albinos. If they were, they would have no stripes whatsoever.
Si los OVNIs fueran a atacar la Tierra, ¿qué sería de nosotros? If UFOs were to attack the earth, what would become of us?
Los hombres no verán las cosas tal como son sino como quisieran que fueran. Men will not look at things as they really are, but as they wish them to be.
Él quería que fueran a la universidad y aprendieran a ser hombres de negocios. He wanted them to go to college and learn to be businessmen.
No me sorprendería que muchos de los miembros de Tatoeba fueran adictos al Scrabble también. I wouldn't be surprised if lots of Tatoeba members were Scrabble addicts as well.
Aun si tus frases fueran realmente sin sentido, al menos tienes la suerte de poder formar frases hermosas. Even if your sentences were actually senseless, you at least have the luck to be able to form beautiful sentences.
Tom se rió se todas las bromas de Mary, incluso de las que no pensaba que fueran divertidas. Tom laughed at all of Mary's jokes, even the ones he didn't think were funny.
Confío en lo que Mateo, Marcos, Lucas y Juan dijeron, y si alguna vez fuera víctima de un accidente automovilístico, sería muy feliz de que ellos fueran mis testigos. I trust what Matthew, Mark, Luke and John said, and if I were ever the victim in a car accident I'd be very happy if they were my witnesses.
América, hemos llegado tan lejos. Hemos visto tanto. Pero todavía queda mucho por hacer. Así que esta noche preguntémonos a nosotros mismos: si nuestros hijos vivieran para ver el próximo siglo, si mis hijas fueran tan afortunadas como para vivir tanto como Ann Nixon Cooper, ¿qué cambios verán? ¿Qué progresos habremos hecho? America, we have come so far. We have seen so much. But there is so much more to do. So tonight, let us ask ourselves, if our children should live to see the next century, if my daughters should be so lucky to live as long as Ann Nixon Cooper, what change will they see? What progress will we have made?
Si los hombres fueran ángeles, no sería necesario ningún gobierno. Si los ángeles gobernaran a los hombres, no sería necesario ningún control externo ni interno sobre el gobierno. Al formar un gobierno que va a ser administrado por hombres sobre hombres, la gran dificultad reside aquí: debes primero permitir al gobierno controlar a los gobernados y después obligarlo a controlarse a sí mismo. If men were angels, no government would be necessary. If angels were to govern men, neither external nor internal controls on government would be necessary. In framing a government which is to be administered by men over men, the great difficulty lies in this: you must first enable the government to control the governed; and in the next place oblige it to control itself.
Él confesó que era culpable. He confessed that he was guilty.
Él admitió que era verdad. He admitted that it was true.
Su difunto marido era violinista. Her late husband was a violinist.
Eso era difícil de creer. That was hard to believe.
¿Acaso no era tu novio? Wasn't he your boyfriend?
Le dijo que era feliz. She told him that she was happy.
Mi primera conjetura era errada. My first guess was wide off the mark.
El dolor era casi insoportable. The pain was almost unbearable.
El escenario era indescriptiblemente bello. The scenery was beautiful beyond description.
Te dije que era rubia. I told you that she was blonde.
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