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antes de que llegara

before it arrived

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phrase Rare #39,658
before it arrived Used to talk about something that happened earlier than another past event. Often followed by the imperfect subjunctive.
SP: Terminamos la cena antes de que llegara él.
EN: We finished dinner before he arrived.

Pasó mucho antes de que llegara yo.

It happened long before I arrived.

Lo sabía antes de que llegara.

I knew it before it arrived.

Antes de que llegara a los EE.UU.

Before I came to the US

Él murió antes de que llegara.

He died before he arrived.

Sucedió antes de que llegara.

It happened before I arrived.

Murió antes de que llegara la ambulancia.

He died before the ambulance arrived.