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aveva promesso di

had promised to

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had promised to Used with an infinitive to talk about something someone had promised to do.
IT: Mi aveva promesso di chiamarmi ieri sera.
EN: He had promised to call me last night.

Tuo padre ci aveva promesso di portarci via da Nanchino con la barca.

Your father promised to take us away from Nanjing by boat.

— I fiori della guerra (2011)

Aveva promesso di smettere.

He had promised to stop.

— Oppenheimer (2023)

Ho servito Gu tutta la notte, aveva promesso di farci restare.

I served Gu all night, he promised to let us stay.

— I fiori della guerra (2011)

Aveva promesso di non dire quella parola.

He had promised not to say that word.

— Il buco (2019)