iria acontecer

was going to happen

→ ir
phrase Rare #21,738
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)

Sentia que algo ruim iria acontecer.

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

O Tom achava que algo de ruim iria acontecer.

Tom thought something bad was going to happen.

O Tom disse que provavelmente não iria acontecer.

Tom said it probably wasn’t going to happen.

Você bem disse que isto iria acontecer.

You were right when you said this would 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)

Não sabíamos o que iria acontecer.

We didn't know what was going to happen.

— La La Land: Cantando Estações (2016)

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 sabia que algo de errado iria acontecer.

I knew something bad was going to happen.

O que Tom previu que iria acontecer aconteceu.

What Tom predicted would happen, happened.

O Tom disse que aquilo nunca iria acontecer.

Tom said that would never happen.

Eu nunca pensei que isso iria acontecer comigo.

I never thought this would happen to me.

Eu sentia que algo ruim iria acontecer.

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

Eu queria saber o que iria acontecer.

I wanted to know what was going to happen.