había sucedido

had happened

→ haber
phrase Rare #33,394
had happened The imperfect past of haber plus sucedido; used for something that had happened before another past event or point in time.
SP: Nadie me contó lo que había sucedido.
EN: Nobody told me what had happened.

Su declaración se correspondía con lo que realmente había sucedido.

His statement corresponded with what had actually happened.

Finalmente, Tom supo lo que había sucedido.

Finally, Tom found out what had happened.

Pensé que algo horrible había sucedido.

I thought something horrible had happened.

Nadie sabía lo que había sucedido.

Nobody knew what had happened.

Tom explicó todo lo que había sucedido.

Tom explained everything that had happened.

Nunca antes te había sucedido.

This has never happened to you before.

— Durante la tormenta (2018)

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.

Creyó que algo le había sucedido al niño.

He thought something had happened to the child.

— El ladrón (1997)