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le habían

had

→ le
phrase Uncommon #20,580
had Often means 'had done to him/her/you' or 'had been to him/her/you' depending on context. The word le is an indirect object pronoun.
SP: Le habían dado una sorpresa.
EN: They had given him a surprise.

Le habían disparado.

He had been shot.

Decía que le habían engañado.

He said he had been deceived.

Tom descubrió que le habían pinchado el teléfono.

Tom discovered that his phone had been tapped.

Le habían roto el corazón.

Her heart had been broken.

Se le habían caído cuatro dientes durante la noche.

Four of his teeth had fallen out during the night.

— It's Such a Beautiful Day (2012)

A George le habían roto el corazón.

George's heart had been broken.

Que le habían atracado.

That he had been robbed.

— Mystic River (2003)

Nunca le habían detenido.

He had never been arrested.

— Mystic River (2003)

Le habían disparado en la cabeza.

He had been shot in the head.

Le habían llamado a filas.

He had been called up for military service.

— El tambor de hojalata (1979)

El niño no quiso acercarse al extraño porque le habían enseñado a ser cauteloso con desconocidos.

The boy did not want to approach the stranger because he had been taught to be cautious with strangers.

Pronto se dio cuenta de que le habían robado.

He soon realized that he had been robbed.

No sabía si le habían dado el recado.

I didn't know if they had given him the message.

— Deseando amar (2000)

Tom dijo que le habían saqueado la oficina.

Tom said that his office had been ransacked.

No sabía qué le habían pegado.

He didn't know what they had hit him with.

— Dangal (2016)

Que le habían dicho que lo llevara a su casa y que era urgente.

They had told him to take it to his house and that it was urgent.

— Las diabólicas (1955)