había comprado

had bought

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phrase Uncommon #20,787
had bought Used for an action that had already happened before another past event.
SP: Cuando llegué, ella ya había comprado la cena.
EN: When I arrived, she had already bought dinner.

Él perdió el reloj que había comprado el día anterior.

He lost the watch he had bought the day before.

Tom no sabía que Mary ya había comprado pan.

Tom didn't know that Mary had already bought bread.

Tom oyó que Mary se había comprado un computador nuevo.

Tom heard that Mary had bought a new computer.

Yo había comprado un anillo para mi madre como regalo de cumpleaños.

I had bought a ring for my mother as a birthday present.

— Vida solo hay una (2011)

Tom no le dijo a nadie que había comprado un anillo de diamantes para Mary.

Tom didn't tell anyone that he had bought Mary a diamond ring.

Ella me dijo que había comprado un CD.

She told me she had bought a CD.

Mary decidió no quedarse con el vestido que había comprado.

Mary decided not to keep the dress she had bought.

Había comprado un perro.

He had bought a dog.

Él perdió el reloj que le había comprado hace una semana.

He lost the watch he had bought her a week ago.

Para cuando llegué, Tom ya había comprado su billete.

By the time I arrived, Tom had already bought his ticket.

Lo había comprado la semana anterior.

I had bought it the week before.

Me preguntó qué había comprado.

He asked me what I had bought.

A ella le robaron el bolso que había comprado la semana pasada.

Her handbag, which she had bought last week, was stolen.

Ella se olvidó de que le había comprado un regalo.

She forgot that she had bought him a gift.

Me enseñó la cámara que se había comprado el día antes.

He showed me the camera he had bought the day before.

Tom me preguntó qué había comprado.

Tom asked me what I had bought.

Ella me dijo que su madre lo había comprado para ella.

She told me that her mother had bought it for her.

Había comprado los boletos con meses de anticipación.

I had bought the tickets months in advance.

Tom le preguntó a Mary qué había comprado en la joyería.

Tom asked Mary what she had bought at the jewelry store.