fosse andato

had gone

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had gone Used in a past context, often after verbs like pensavo or credeva, or in hypothetical questions like e se...
IT: Pensavo fosse andato a casa.
EN: I thought he had gone home.

Pensavo che Tom se ne fosse andato.

I thought Tom was gone.

Ma ero convinto fosse andato smarrito.

But I was convinced it had gone missing.

— Paddington 2 (2017)

Non avrei mai pensato che fosse andato incontro a un tale destino.

I never would have thought that he had met such a fate.

— Rashomon (1950)

Pensavo fosse andato ad Harvard.

I thought he had gone to Harvard.

E se fosse andato storto qualcosa?

What if something went wrong?

Nessuno credeva che lui fosse andato in Svizzera.

Nobody believed that he had gone to Switzerland.