had happened, had occurred
| Singular | Plural | |
|---|---|---|
| First | acontecera | — |
| Third | acontecera | aconteceram |
Contei o que acontecera comigo.
I told them what had happened to me.
Nós nos preocupamos se acontecera alguma coisa.
We were worried something might happen.
Contei tudo o que me acontecera, a história verdadeira, embora incompleta.
I told them everything that had happened to me—the true story, though incomplete.
Mais uma vez, contei o que me acontecera.
Once again, I told them what had happened to me.
Everything happened so fast.
Tom contou à polícia o que acontecera.
Tom told the police what had happened.
Quem já tinha ouvido falar de algo que acontecera trezentos anos antes?
Who had ever heard of something that had happened three hundred years earlier?