llegáramos

Llegáramos is the first-person plural imperfect subjunctive form of the Spanish verb llegar. The verb llegar means "to arrive" or "to reach." The imperfect subjunctive tense is used to express a variety of moods, including doubt, desire, emotion, and hypothetical situations, often in dependent clauses.

In the context of "llegáramos," it would be used when a speaker is referring to a past hypothetical or unreal situation involving "we." For example, "Si llegáramos a tiempo, habríamos visto el principio de la película" translates to "If we had arrived on time, we would have seen the beginning of the movie." Here, the arrival on time is presented as a condition that did not necessarily happen or was uncertain in the past.

Another common use is with verbs expressing desire or emotion. For instance, "Esperábamos que llegáramos antes del amanecer" means "We hoped that we would arrive before dawn." In this sentence, the imperfect subjunctive "llegáramos" reflects the speaker's past hope or expectation about their arrival.

The imperfect subjunctive is a crucial tense for conveying nuanced meanings in Spanish, and "llegáramos" is a specific conjugation that allows for expressing collective past hypothetical or desired actions related to arriving. Its usage depends heavily on the conjunctions and other verbs present in the sentence, typical of subjunctive mood constructions in Romance languages.