It was to be?

Question

How would you say this in Spanish? Would it be era a ser'

Answer 1

iba a ser? gustavo's are more like "would be".

Answer 2

No, I didn't want would it be. It was to be has a different meaning, in the sense that something actually was going to be a certain way, as opposed to something that might have been or could have been.

Answer 3

Hhhhmmm. What about "tuvo que ser"? It had to be. Does that fit your context'

Answer 4

I like that sally. Your always in there with an alternative.

Answer 5

Not quite. The context is: [era a ser'] una cita muy romántico, y tanto Eduardo como Rosa estaban muy preocupados.

Answer 6

how about "había de ser"'

Answer 7

No, I think that would be "there was to be..." which doesn't quite fit what I wanted to say. Thanks anyways!

Answer 8

not necessarily. hay, había, hubo by themselves in a sentence correspond to the english there is/are/was/were. haber de expressions, however, are another way of expressing a form of obligation, although in a softer way than tener que.

había de ser can be translated as 'it was supposed to have been' or 'it should have been'.

Answer 9

This is a good question (now that we have the context), but I don't think "había de ser" is the meaning here. "Haber de" is more like "must," while "it was to be" as in this context means "It was expected to be" or "It was supposed to be." Dane's suggestion of "iba a ser" would certainly work here, but I wonder if there is a better fit.

Answer 10

I didn't really want to express doubt in the outcome, however.

Answer 11

Iba a ser...that's the one I would have said.

Answer 12

Another option:

Debía ser una cita muy romántica....

Answer 13

Again, I think this is expressing more doubt than I wanted to do. I wanted to show that it was definitely going to be a good date.
(oh, and thanks for the correction on romántica, can't believe I did that

Answer 14

OK, thanks!

Answer 15

Maybe if we had the whole sentence it would be easier to translate, anyway I think "iba a ser" is the best option for it.