In Spanish we use había to say there was or there were. Read and listen to these examples:
In Spanish, you use había when it is followed by one thing/person or many things/people, unlike in English.
GRAMMAR: Había is an impersonal form that comes from the third person of the verb haber in El Pretérito Imperfecto. It literally means it had.
See also Using hubo = there was / there were (simple past)
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