había sucedido

had happened

→ haber
phrase Rare #45,259
had happened Used for something that had happened before another past event or moment.
SP: No entendía qué había sucedido.
EN: I didn’t understand what had happened.

"Nunca antes te había sucedido".

It had never happened to you before.

— Durante la tormenta (2018)

Su declaración se correspondía con lo que realmente había sucedido.

His statement corresponded with what had actually happened.

Pensé que algo horrible había sucedido.

I thought something horrible had happened.

Creyó que algo le había sucedido al niño.

He thought something had happened to the child.

— Вор (1997)

Nadie sabía lo que había sucedido.

Nobody knew what had happened.

Creí por un momento que Tom realmente iba a contarle a María qué había sucedido.

For a moment, I thought Tom was really going to tell María what had happened.