había visto antes

had seen before

→ haber

phrase Common #9,317

had seen before Used to say that someone had seen a person or thing at an earlier time. An object pronoun can appear before the phrase, as in «la había visto antes» (“had seen her/it before”).

SP: Nunca había visto antes esa película.

EN: I had never seen that movie before.

¿Lo había visto antes?

Had I seen it before?

— Mátate, amor (2025)

¿No te había visto antes?

Hadn’t I seen you before?

— Atrápame si puedes (2002)

Ella no solo no es mi esposa, sino que jamás la había visto antes.

Not only is she not my wife, but I've never even seen her before.

Nunca las había visto antes.

I had never seen them before.

— Ne le dis à personne (2006)

Yo nunca la había visto antes de aquella vez.

I had never seen her before that time.

Nunca la había visto antes.

I've never seen her before.

Ya lo había visto antes.

I've seen it before.

Sabía que lo había visto antes.

I knew I'd seen it before.

Nunca los había visto antes.

I've never seen them before.

Nunca lo había visto antes.

I had never seen it before.

— La leyenda de 1900 (1998)