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fosse successo

had happened

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phrase Uncommon #15,149
had happened Past subjunctive form used in indirect questions and after expressions like se and come se.
IT: Non sapevo cosa fosse successo.
EN: I didn't know what had happened.

Pensavo fosse successo qualcosa.

I thought something had happened.

— Dal cuore (1998)

Temevo che le fosse successo qualcosa.

I was afraid something had happened to her.

— I Saw the Devil (2010)

Ha continuato a leggere il libro come se non fosse successo niente.

He continued reading the book as if nothing had happened.

Ha fatto finta di niente e se n'è andato come se nulla fosse successo.

He pretended nothing had happened and walked away as if nothing had happened.

Tom si sta comportando come se non fosse successo niente.

Tom is acting as if nothing happened.

Si comporta come se niente fosse successo ieri.

He acts as if nothing happened yesterday.

Lui ha continuato a leggere il libro come se non fosse successo nulla.

He continued reading the book as if nothing had happened.

Non lo direi neanche se fosse successo, perché non mi piacciono i pettegolezzi.

I wouldn't say it even if it had happened, because I don't like gossip.

— Ricky Gervais: Mortality (2025)

Come se non fosse successo, ok?

As if it never happened, okay?

— The Chaser (2008)

Ero in autobus, ti ho visto correre come se fosse successo qualcosa.

I was on the bus; I saw you running as if something had happened.

— Tre colori - Film blu (1993)

Lui continuò a leggere il libro come se non fosse successo nulla.

He continued reading the book as if nothing had happened.

Mi ha chiesto cosa fosse successo a Tommy Shelby.

He asked me what had happened to Tommy Shelby.

— Peaky Blinders - The Immortal Man (2026)

Ricordo ogni dettaglio di quella sera come se fosse successo ieri.

I remember every detail of that evening as if it happened yesterday.

Aspettammo nei paraggi per vedere se fosse successo qualcosa.

We waited nearby to see if anything had happened.

E se gli fosse successo qualcosa di orribile?

What if something horrible happened to him?

— Loveless (2017)

Pensavo ti fosse successo qualcosa.

I thought something happened to you.

Lui ha continuato a leggere il libro come se non fosse successo niente.

He continued reading the book as if nothing had happened.

Se fosse successo, lo avremmo saputo!

If it had happened, we would have known!

— Burning - L'amore brucia (2018)

Lui continuò a leggere il libro come se non fosse successo niente.

He continued reading the book as if nothing had happened.

Temevo ti fosse successo qualcosa di terribile.

I was afraid something terrible had happened to you.

— A Taxi Driver (2017)