había ocurrido

had happened

→ haber
phrase Uncommon #21,333
had happened Past perfect form of ocurrir; used for something that happened before another past event.
SP: No sabía lo que había ocurrido antes de llegar.
EN: I didn't know what had happened before I arrived.

Yo honestamente no tuve idea de lo que había ocurrido.

I honestly had no idea what had happened.

Tom les había dicho a los marineros lo que había ocurrido.

Tom had told the sailors what had happened.

Todos estaban impacientes por saber qué había ocurrido.

Everyone was eager to know what had happened.

Jamás me había ocurrido nada igual.

Nothing like this had ever happened to me before.

— La noche americana (1973)

Conté los días para ver cuándo había ocurrido.

I counted the days to see when it had happened.

Nadie sabía con certeza cómo había ocurrido el accidente.

Nobody knew for sure how the accident had happened.

Decidí que la mujer debía ver lo que había ocurrido.

I decided that the woman should see what had happened.

— Rashomon (1950)

Yo estaba anonadado por lo que había ocurrido.

I was stunned by what had happened.

Tom le dijo a Mary todo lo que sabía sobre lo que había ocurrido.

Tom told Mary everything he knew about what had happened.

Tom no tuvo valor para decirle a Mary lo que le había ocurrido a su perro.

Tom didn't have the courage to tell Mary what had happened to her dog.

Pensé que algo le había ocurrido.

I thought something had happened to him.

— El brazo de brillantes (1969)

Una sola mirada me bastó para ver que se nos había ocurrido la misma locura.

One look was enough for me to see that we had come up with the same crazy idea.

— Ratatouille (2007)

De repente, Jack se dio cuenta de lo que le había ocurrido.

Suddenly, Jack realized what had happened to him.

Es cierto, no se me había ocurrido.

That's right, I hadn't thought of that.

— Deseando amar (2000)

No se me había ocurrido.

It hadn't occurred to me.

— La gran enfermedad del amor (2017)