tinha sido

had been

→ ter

phrase Uncommon #12,681

had been Used for the past perfect in passive constructions or to describe something that happened before another past event.

PO: Eu pensei que a porta tinha sido fechada.

EN: I thought the door had been closed.

A garganta do Tom tinha sido cortada.

Tom's throat had been cut.

E era evidente que aquela casa tinha sido feita para nós.

And it was clear that that house had been built for us.

— O Sacrifício (1986)

O jornal disse que tinha sido perdido contato com o avião.

The newspaper said that contact had been lost with the plane.

Sonhei que tinha sido abduzido por alienígenas.

I dreamt that I had been abducted by aliens.

Quando as luzes voltaram, tudo tinha sido apagado.

When the lights came back on, everything had been switched off.

— Blade Runner 2049 (2017)

Achou que eu tinha sido morto.

He thought I had been killed.

— Um Dia de Fúria (1993)

Aquela louça nunca tinha sido usada.

That dish had never been used.

— Titanic (1997)

Tom não tinha sido cremado.

Tom had not been cremated.

Não recebemos nenhuma notificação de que ele tinha sido despedido.

We received no notification that he had been fired.

Nesse exato momento percebi que ele tinha sido feito para ser pai.

At that exact moment I realized that he was meant to be a father.

— Uma Família de Dois (2016)

Layla contou à polícia que tinha sido espancada por Fadil.

Layla told the police that she had been beaten by Fadil.

Eu li no jornal que ele tinha sido assassinado.

I read in the newspaper that he had been murdered.

Vi um cachorro cuja cauda tinha sido cortada.

I saw a dog whose tail had been cut off.

Ele tinha sido condenado a morte no Turquistão, mas ele conseguiu escapar.

He had been sentenced to death in Turkestan, but he managed to escape.

— Meu Amigo Ivan Lapshin (1985)

A árvore tinha sido arrancada por um tufão no dia anterior.

The tree had been uprooted by a typhoon the previous day.

Tom não tinha sido derrotado.

Tom hadn't been defeated.

O irmão ia com ela mas tinha sido preso.

Her brother was supposed to go with her, but he had been arrested.

— Cães de Aluguel (1992)

A autópsia revelou que o Tom tinha sido estrangulado.

The autopsy revealed that Tom had been strangled.

O Tom tinha sido avisado para não tentar fazer isso sozinho.

Tom had been warned not to try to do this alone.

A carta tinha sido levada a Roma.

The letter had been taken to Rome.

Ela descobriu tarde que o voo tinha sido cancelado.

She found out too late that the flight had been cancelled.

Ela nunca tinha sido beijada assim.

She had never been kissed like that before.

Tom exigiu saber por que ele não tinha sido informado sobre as mudanças.

Tom demanded to know why he hadn’t been informed about the changes.

Tom não tinha sido despejado.

Tom hadn't been evicted.

Eu tinha sido avisado para não fazer isso.

I had been warned not to do that.

Quem te contou que o Tom tinha sido preso?

Who told you that Tom had been arrested?

O tesouro tinha sido enterrado na ilha.

The treasure had been buried on the island.

Eu sabia que meu carro tinha sido roubado.

I knew my car had been stolen.

phrase Rare #21,922

had been Past perfect of "ser" or "estar". Used for something that was true before another past moment.

PO: Eu tinha sido muito tímido quando era criança.

EN: I had been very shy when I was a child.

O Galinha tinha sido o primeiro atirador do batalhão do Exército.

Galinha had been the first sniper in the Army battalion.

— Cidade de Deus (2002)

Na mídia, a operação tinha sido um sucesso.

In the media, the operation had been a success.

— Tropa de Elite 2: O Inimigo Agora é Outro (2010)

Fadil sabia que Layla tinha sido vítima de injustiça.

Fadil knew that Layla had been the victim of injustice.

Achei que tinha sido um acidente de cavalo no Mêdrano.

I thought it had been a horse accident in Medrano.

— O Fabuloso Destino de Amélie Poulain (2001)

Tom lembrava de como Mary tinha sido bela quando ele a conheceu.

Tom remembered how beautiful Mary had been when he first met her.

Mais tarde percebi que tinha sido o seu bom amigo, Sr. Nong Jinsun.

Later, I realized that it had been your good friend, Mr. Nong Jinsun.

— O Mestre das Armas (2006)

Parecia que ele tinha sido muito feliz.

It seemed that he had been very happy.

Era bem óbvio que tinha sido o Tomás que fez isso.

It was quite obvious that it was Tomás who did it.

Sabia que tinha sido ideia sua!

I knew it was your idea!

— Anaconda (2025)

Achei que tinha sido um dos rapazes da universidade.

I thought it was one of the guys from the university.

— Lanternas Vermelhas (1991)

Você realmente achou que tinha sido eu quem tinha feito isso?

Did you really think I was the one who did this?

Enfim, um homem que tinha sido mulher.

Finally, a man who had been a woman.

— Laurence Anyways (2012)

Você realmente achou que tinha sido eu quem tinha pintado esse quadro?

Did you really think I was the one who painted that picture?

E que tinha sido feio, muito feio, um desastre.

And it had been ugly, very ugly, a disaster.

— Senna (2010)