In Spanish we use hubo to say there was or there were. Read and listen to these examples:
In Spanish, you use hubo whether it is followed by one item or many, unlike in English.
GRAMMAR: Both Hay and Hubo are impersonal forms that come from the third person of the verb haber. Hubo is in El Pretérito Indefinido, literally meaning it had.
Haber belongs to a group of verbs that have an irregular stem in El Pretérito Indefinido but share the same set of endings. To learn more about this have a look at Irregulares en Indefinido/mismas terminaciones.
See also Using había to say there was / there were
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