tinha se casado

had gotten married

→ ter

phrase Uncommon #17,807

had gotten married Used for an action that had already happened in the past. In Brazilian Portuguese, se refers to the person getting married; the phrase can also be translated as “had married.”

PO: Ela já tinha se casado quando eu a conheci.

EN: She had already gotten married when I met her.

Ouvi dizer que você tinha se casado.

I heard you got married.

Eu ouvi falar que você tinha se casado.

I heard you got married.

Tinha se casado há poucos dias.

They had gotten married just a few days earlier.

— Porco Rosso: O Último Herói Romântico (1992)

Minha mãe tinha se casado novamente.

My mother had remarried.

— O Teste Decisivo (2000)

Ouvi falar que você tinha se casado.

I heard you got married.

Eu ouvi dizer que você tinha se casado.

I heard you got married.

Não sabia que Tom tinha se casado semana passada.

I didn’t know Tom had gotten married last week.