había decidido

had decided

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phrase Rare #32,609
had decided Describes a decision made before another event or point in the past.
SP: Ya había decidido qué estudiar antes de hablar con mis padres.
EN: I had already decided what to study before talking to my parents.

Tom no sabía que Mary había decidido dejarlo.

Tom didn't know that Mary had decided to leave him.

No sabía que él había decidido renunciar a su trabajo.

I didn't know that he had decided to quit his job.

Había decidido sobre una nueva política.

He had decided on a new policy.

A tu edad yo ya había decidido ser artista.

At your age I had already decided to be an artist.

— Kiki: Entregas a Domicilio (1989)

Porque aún no había decidido qué hacer al respecto.

Because I hadn't decided what to do about it yet.

Tom no sabía que Mary había decidido renunciar a su trabajo.

Tom didn't know that Mary had decided to quit her job.

Vincent había decidido escribir una historia de los gobiernos.

Vincent had decided to write a history of governments.

Tom nunca me dijo la razón por la cual había decidido ser profesor.

Tom never told me the reason why he had decided to become a teacher.

Que aún no lo había decidido.

That he hadn't decided yet.

— Running on Empty (1988)

Había decidido terminar toda la mentira.

I had decided to put an end to the whole lie.

— ¡Adiós Lenin! (2003)

Quería contarle lo que había decidido.

I wanted to tell him what I had decided.

— Ángeles caídos (1995)