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había decidido

had decided

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phrase Rare #27,969
had decided Past perfect form of decidir. Used for something already decided before another past action.
SP: Ya había decidido irme cuando llamaste.
EN: I had already decided to leave when you called.

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.

A tu edad yo ya había decidido ser artista.

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

— Nicky, la aprendiz de bruja (1989)

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.

Tom no sabía que Mary había decidido dejarlo.

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

Quería contarle lo que había decidido.

I wanted to tell him what I had decided.

— Fallen angels (Ángeles caídos) (1995)

Que aún no lo había decidido.

That he hadn't decided yet.

— Un lugar en ninguna parte (1988)

Había decidido que los pájaros no debían estar enjaulados.

He had decided that the birds should not be caged.

— Los Tenenbaums. Una familia de genios (2001)

Porque aún no había decidido qué hacer al respecto.

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

Había decidido terminar toda la mentira.

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

— Good bye, Lenin! (2003)

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

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