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aveva detto

had said; had told

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had said; had told Used for something someone had said or told before another past event.
IT: Mi aveva detto di aspettare.
EN: He had told me to wait.

Andai dove mi aveva detto.

I went where they had told me to go.

Aveva detto qualcosa riguardo a una porta.

He had said something about a door.

— Suzume (2022)

Avevo capito benissimo cosa aveva detto.

I understood perfectly well what he had said.

Che cosa aveva detto?

What had he said?

— Oppenheimer (2023)

Chi gliel'aveva detto?

Who had told him/her?

— Il nastro bianco (2009)

Ciò che aveva detto mia madre era vero.

What my mother said was true.

Cosa aveva detto di Borden?

What had he said about Borden?

— Oppenheimer (2023)

Così feci come mi aveva detto.

So I did as he had told me.

E quella sera accadde esattamente come il re gli aveva detto.

And that evening it happened exactly as the king had told him.

— Il paziente inglese (1996)

Facemmo come ci aveva detto.

We did as he had told us.

Glielo aveva detto, vero?

He’d told him, hadn’t he?

— Interstellar (2014)

Ha realizzato che aveva detto decisamente troppo.

He realized that he had definitely said too much.

Il nonno aveva detto non più di quattro, no?

Grandpa had said no more than four, right?

— I sette samurai (1954)

Interrogato sulle sue intenzioni, aveva detto di voler far visita al padre.

When questioned about his intentions, he had said he wanted to visit his father.

— Il nastro bianco (2009)

Kat mi aveva detto di annotare chi fossero.

Kat had told me to write down who they were.

Kendrick ordinò un Codice Rosso, perché glielo aveva detto lei!

Kendrick ordered a Code Red because she had told him to!

— Codice d'onore (1992)

Krantz, non me lo aveva detto!

Krantz didn't tell me that!

— Diva (1981)

Le aveva detto la verità ma lei non gli aveva creduto.

He had told her the truth but she hadn't believed him.

Ma aveva detto a Katie che non doveva uscire con me.

But he had told Katie that she wasn’t supposed to go out with me.

— Mystic River (2003)

Ma l'aveva detto solo a me, e te l'avrei detto.

But they had only told me, and I would have told you.

— Cidade dos Homens (2007)

Ma la mamma non aveva detto di avere perso i nostri certificati di nascita?

But hadn't Mom said she'd lost our birth certificates?

— Father Mother Sister Brother (2025)

Ma lei non mi aveva detto niente.

But she hadn't told me anything.

— Una donna fantastica (2017)

Ma non me l'aveva detto.

But he/she hadn't told me.

— Quasi amici - Intouchables (2011)

Martina aveva detto «scendere», e ora ero qui.

Martina had said “get off,” and now I was here.

Mary pensava a quello che le aveva detto Tom.

Mary thought about what Tom had told her.

Me l’aveva detto!

He told me!

— Hamnet - Nel nome del figlio (2025)

Mi aveva detto cosa c’era da fare.

He had told me what needed to be done.

Mi aveva detto di andarci in mezzo.

He told me to go in the middle of it.

— Indiana Jones e l'ultima crociata (1989)

Non ce lo aveva detto !

He didn't tell us!

— Mosca non crede alle lacrime (1980)

Non ci aveva detto niente.

He hadn't told us anything.

— Perfetti sconosciuti (2016)

Non me l'aveva detto.

He hadn't told me.

— Delicatessen (1991)

O forse aveva detto Greaki?

Or maybe he had said Greaki?

Poi si rese conto di ciò che aveva detto.

Then he realized what he had said.

Puoi insegnarmi, come aveva detto Peter!

You can teach me, like Peter said!

— Spider-Man - Un nuovo universo (2018)

Realizzò che aveva detto decisamente troppo.

He realized that he had definitely said too much.

Una teiera ogni sera, come aveva detto lei.

A teapot every evening, just as she had said.

— Delicatessen (1991)