iria acontecer

was going to happen

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phrase Rare #21,979
was going to happen Used to talk about something that was expected or predicted in the past.
PO: Eu pensei que iria acontecer hoje.
EN: I thought it was going to happen today.

Acredite, eu sabia que iria acontecer.

Believe me, I knew it was going to happen.

— Fale com Ela (2002)

O Tom achava que algo de ruim iria acontecer.

Tom thought something bad was going to happen.

Não sabíamos o que iria acontecer.

We didn't know what was going to happen.

— La La Land: Cantando Estações (2016)

Eu queria saber o que iria acontecer.

I wanted to know what was going to happen.

O Tom disse que provavelmente não iria acontecer.

Tom said it probably wasn’t going to happen.

Isso nunca iria acontecer dessa maneira, e todos vocês sabem disso.

This would never happen this way, and you all know it.

— Ventos da Liberdade (2006)

Eu nunca pensei que isso iria acontecer comigo.

I never thought this would happen to me.

O Tom disse que aquilo nunca iria acontecer.

Tom said that would never happen.

Eu jamais poderia imaginar o que iria acontecer depois.

I could never have imagined what would happen next.

— O que o Coração Deseja (2001)

Eu sentia que algo ruim iria acontecer.

I had a feeling that something bad was going to happen.

Eu sabia que algo de errado iria acontecer.

I knew something bad was going to happen.

Sentia que algo ruim iria acontecer.

I had a feeling that something bad was going to happen.

O que Tom previu que iria acontecer aconteceu.

What Tom predicted would happen, happened.

Você bem disse que isto iria acontecer.

You were right when you said this would happen.