How to conjugate empezar in Subjunctive Past Perfect in Spanish

empezar
to begin, to start
irregular verb

Empezar means to begin or commence an action or event. It is used to indicate the start of something and can be conjugated irregularly in certain forms, especially in the present tense (e.g., empieza).

How to conjugate empezar in Subjunctive Past Perfect

El Pretérito Pluscuamperfecto de Subjuntivo - used to speak about hypothetical situations in the past

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Subjunctive Past Perfect Conjugations

PronounConjugation
Yo
hubiera empezado
hubieras empezado
Él / Ella / Usted
hubiera empezado
Nosotros / Nosotras
hubiéramos empezado
Vosotros / Vosotras
hubierais empezado
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes
hubieran empezado

Examples of empezar in Subjunctive Past Perfect

Yo
Si hubiera empezado antes, habría llegado a tiempo.
If I had started earlier, I would have arrived on time.
Si hubieras empezado ayer, ya estarías listo.
If you had started yesterday, you would already be ready.
Él / Ella / Usted
Ella habría empezado si hubiera sabido.
She would have started if she had known.
Nosotros / Nosotras
Si hubiéramos empezado antes, habríamos terminado.
If we had started earlier, we would have finished.
Vosotros / Vosotras
Si hubierais empezado, habríais llegado a tiempo.
If you all had started, you would have arrived on time.
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes
Si hubieran empezado antes, no habrían tenido problemas.
If they had started earlier, they wouldn't have had problems.

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Si hubiera empezado antes, habría llegado a tiempo.

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