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iba a suceder

was going to happen

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phrase Rare #37,290
was going to happen Used to describe something expected or predicted to happen in the past.
SP: Sabíamos que algo importante iba a suceder.
EN: We knew something important was going to happen.

Sabía que esto iba a suceder.

I knew this was going to happen.

Para Gladys, este nacimiento nunca iba a suceder.

For Gladys, this birth was never going to happen.

— Crímenes de familia (2020)

Allí iba a suceder el acontecimiento más decisivo de su vida.

There, the most decisive event of his life was about to take place.

Siempre supe que iba a suceder en algún momento.

I always knew it was going to happen at some point.

No pensaba en lo que iba a suceder.

I wasn't thinking about what was going to happen.

— Barfi! (2012)

Sabías que esto iba a suceder.

You knew this was going to happen.

Tom me preguntó qué pensaba que iba a suceder.

Tom asked me what I thought was going to happen.

No sabía que iba a suceder, ¿entiendes?

I didn't know it was going to happen, you understand?

— Cidade dos Homens (2007)

Tom no parece haber tenido ni idea de que esto iba a suceder.

Tom doesn't seem to have had any idea that this was going to happen.