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haber tomado

having taken

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phrase Common #2,984
having taken The perfect infinitive of tomar, used after another verb to refer to an action that happened earlier. In context, it can mean “to have taken” or, with deber, “should have taken.”
SP: Lamento haber tomado esa decisión.
EN: I regret having made that decision.

Debe haber tomado demasiadas por error.

He must have taken too many by mistake.

— Titane (2021)

Quiero matarme por haber tomado ese paseo con él.

I want to kill myself for having taken that walk with him.

— El maquinista (2004)

Debí haber tomado el dinero.

I should have taken the money.

Nunca debí haber tomado dinero prestado de él.

I should never have borrowed money from him.

Debiste haber tomado el dinero y dejar al tipo en paz.

You should have taken the money and left the guy alone.

— Drive (2011)

Él debe haber tomado el tren equivocado.

He must have taken the wrong train.

Ella negó haber tomado parte en el plan.

She denied having taken part in the plan.

Y sin haber tomado heroína.

And without having taken heroin.

— Dolor y gloria (2019)

Tom ya debería haber tomado una decisión.

Tom should have made a decision by now.

No debiste haber tomado prestado el auto de Tom.

You shouldn't have borrowed Tom's car.

Debería haber tomado la pastilla azul.

I should have taken the blue pill.

Por supuesto que podría haber tomado su auto.

Of course I could have taken his car.

Haber tomado esa decisión fue lo mejor que pude hacer en aquel momento tan complicado.

Making that decision was the best thing I could have done at that difficult time.

El hombre negó haber tomado el dinero.

The man denied taking the money.

Temo haber tomado el tren equivocado.

I'm afraid I took the wrong train.

Debió haber tomado el colectivo equivocado.

He must have taken the wrong bus.