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había matado

had killed

→ haber
phrase Rare #36,332
had killed The imperfect form of haber plus the past participle of matar, used for an action that had already happened before another past event.
SP: Ella dijo que había matado al animal.
EN: She said that she had killed the animal.

Pensé que el enemigo había matado a Tom.

I thought the enemy had killed Tom.

Tom admitió que había matado a Mary.

Tom admitted that he had killed Mary.

Y les dije que lo había matado para asustarme.

And I told them that he had killed it to scare me.

— Caché (Escondido) (2005)

Hasta quiénes había matado.

Even who he had killed.

— Cadena perpetua (1994)

Tom quería la muerte de Mary porque ella había matado a sus hijos.

Tom wanted Mary dead because she had killed his children.

Se inventaron que había matado a un blanco y que había violado a su mujer.

They made up that I had killed a white man and raped his wife.

— Los pecadores (2025)

Ellos dijeron que él había matado al viejo.

They said that he had killed the old man.

— Pixote, la ley del más débil (1980)