haber pasado

to have happened

→ haber

phrase Very common #574

to have happened A perfect infinitive formed with haber + pasado. It can refer to something having happened or to time having passed, depending on context.

SP: No puede haber pasado tanto tiempo.

EN: So much time can't have passed.

Se nos tiene que haber pasado algo.

We must have missed something.

La primera noche puede haber pasado.

The first night may have passed.

— Devdas (2002)

Le diré lo que podría haber pasado a partir de lo que me ha contado.

I'll tell you what might have happened based on what you've told me.

— Contratiempo (2017)

¿Sabes qué podría haber pasado?

Do you know what might have happened?

— Running on Empty (1988)

Algo debe haber pasado.

Something must have happened.

Meghna, puedo entender lo que debes de haber pasado.

Meghna, I can understand what you must have gone through.

— Dil Se.. (1998)

Sé que debería haber pasado por su casa, pero no pude.

I know I should have stopped by his place, but I couldn't.

— Elena sabe (2023)

Algo le tiene que haber pasado a Bob ayer.

Something must have happened to Bob yesterday.

¿Así que debiste haber pasado noches sin dormir?

So you must have spent sleepless nights?

— La única opción (2025)

Eso tiene que haber pasado mientras yo estaba fuera.

That must have happened while I was away.

De todas formas deben haber pasado el negocio de la esquina.

Anyway, they must have passed the shop on the corner.

— The Chaser (2008)

¿Qué pudo haber pasado?

What could have happened?

Rick estaba muy emocionado por haber pasado el examen.

Rick was very excited to have passed the exam.

Es cierto que todo podía haber pasado tal y como ha dicho.

It is true that everything could have happened exactly as he said.

— Contratiempo (2017)

La debes de haber pasado bien.

You must have had a good time.

¡Y me pudo haber pasado a mí!

It could have happened to me!

— PERFECT BLUE (1998)

Eso debió haber pasado hace mucho tiempo.

That should have happened a long time ago.

Debería haber llegado hace una hora, algo tiene que haber pasado en el camino.

He should have arrived an hour ago; something must have happened along the way.

No quiero pensar en lo que podría haber pasado.

I don't want to think about what could have happened.

Eso me pudo haber pasado a mí.

That could have happened to me.

Podía haber pasado por aquí.

He could have come by here.

— La infancia de Iván (1962)

Debieron de haber pasado ya.

They must have already passed.

— Madre (2009)

Eso pasa por haber pasado de año, no mames.

That’s what you get for moving up a grade—holy shit.

— Y tu mamá también (2001)

No sé qué pudo haber pasado.

I don't know what could have happened.